(KAIR)--An area K-9 Officer has died in the line of duty.

KQ2-TV reports that K-9 Officer Max, of the Saint Joseph, Missouri Police Department, was killed Wednesday night when responding to a disturbance on the city’s south side.

According to the TV station, shooting happened in the 5100 block of Barbara Street around 10:30 Wednesday night. A person barricaded inside the house, which led to the response, shot and killed K-9 Officer Max during the disturbance. A 20-year-old man is in custody.

Max was a two-year member of the Saint Joseph Police Department, and served on the Special Response Team.