Gunner a search dog is missing

Update: Gunner has been located.  He was found running lose in a field next to a church not far from Gunner's home.

An unidentified woman said she found Gunner running free in a church field in the Homestead area. At around 10 a.m., she knocked on the front door of the bloodhound’s handler, Officer Jenna Mendez, who lives near the church.“She said she had found Gunner running in the field and brought him to my house because she had seen news reports that my bloodhound was missing,” Mendez said. Gunner was wearing a collar, but no leash.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/01/2569320/missing-sweetwater-police-search.html#storylink=cpy

An unidentified woman said she found Gunner running free in a church field in the Homestead area. At around 10 a.m., she knocked on the front door of the bloodhound’s handler, Officer Jenna Mendez, who lives near the church.“She said she had found Gunner running in the field and brought him to my house because she had seen news reports that my bloodhound was missing,” Mendez said. Gunner was wearing a collar, but no leash.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/01/2569320/missing-sweetwater-police-search.html#storylink=cpy

An unidentified woman said she found Gunner running free in a church field in the Homestead area. At around 10 a.m., she knocked on the front door of the bloodhound’s handler, Officer Jenna Mendez, who lives near the church.“She said she had found Gunner running in the field and brought him to my house because she had seen news reports that my bloodhound was missing,” Mendez said. Gunner was wearing a collar, but no leash.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/01/2569320/missing-sweetwater-police-search.html#storylink=cpy

An unidentified woman said she found Gunner running free in a church field in the Homestead area. At around 10 a.m., she knocked on the front door of the bloodhound’s handler, Officer Jenna Mendez, who lives near the church.“She said she had found Gunner running in the field and brought him to my house because she had seen news reports that my bloodhound was missing,” Mendez said. Gunner was wearing a collar, but no leash.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/01/2569320/missing-sweetwater-police-search.html#storylink=cpy

Gunner, a 7-month-old search dog was last seen in the backyard of his handler, Sweetwater Police Officer Jenna Mendez on Friday, according to WSVN News.

Gunner specializes in finding missing kids and there is a possibility of foul play in the disappearance of the bloodhound.

"He's a good asset for us.  We have the Dolphin Mall and all these missing kids all the time," said Octovio Ollu, lead dog-hunt detective.

Jenny, a bloodhound and another bloodhound were brought in to search for Gunner.  The Miami-Dade police used a helicopter with heat seeking equipment to search for Gunner.
Gunner is 60-pounds and is a black and tan bloodhound.

If you have any information about his whereabouts, please call the Sweeetwater police at 305-552-9900.