The St. Paul City Council Wednesday approved a $65,000 settlement with a man who was mistakenly bitten in the face by a St. Paul police dog in May of 2012.

Kongmeng Kue, now 35, was hiding behind a garbage can when the dog bit him as police searched the 1000 block of York Avenue looking for a man who had reportedly dropped a gun and run off.

Kue suffered "significant dog bites, scratches and other injuries, requiring medical treatment, which continues," his attorney stated in a letter to city officials.

The incident occurred after police were sent to the area on a report of a possibly drunk man throwing rocks. While searching for the suspect, another man who didn't match the suspect's description was spotted dropping a gun and running away.

As Officer Dominic Dzik and his police dog helped search for that man, they came to a house where they believed he might be hiding. Dzik wrote in his police report that he hollered a warning that he was with his K-9. A short time later, the police dog spotted Kue, who was crouched behind a nearby garbage can, and bit him.

Dzik said in his report that he immediately pulled the dog away from Kue, who didn't match the description of the man who had dropped the gun.

When asked why he hadn't come out from hiding after several warnings, Kue, who was taken to Regions Hospital to be treated for a cut on his cheek and punctures to the back of his neck, apologized, according to the police report.

Dzik also wrote that while at the hospital, he learned that Kue reportedly blew .185 blood alcohol level and told police that he had been taking his wife's prescription medicine.