Mass. robotic police dog shot multiple times, credited with avoiding potential bloodshed

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Massachusetts state police say a robotic dog helped avert a tragedy after being deployed at a Barnstable home where police were responding to an armed individual barricaded in a home. The dog named Roscoe was part of the state’s bomb squad and was shot several times and disabled during the situation on March 6.

This image provided by Massachusetts State Police shows a robotic dog named Roscoe, which is part of the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad. The machine was shot multiple times after it was sent into a Barnstable house to locate a person who had barricaded themselves inside.

The person then shot at one of the other robots and an outdoor swimming pool before police deployed tear gas and arrested them.

 

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