Fall River is dealing with a lawsuit two years after a police officer allegedly entered right into a home unannounced and shot a pit bull named Honey, in accordance with The Herald News.
Fall River Officer Connor Levesque entered the unsuitable residence on South Main Street in June 2022 and shot his .40-caliber Smith & Wesson at 11-month-old Honey, in accordance with the newspaper.
As a results of the injury from that bullet, the canine’s left entrance leg needed to be amputated by emergency veterinarians, in accordance with The Herald News.
Attorney Melissa Hendrie, who’s representing Honey’s homeowners Richardson DeSilva and Linoshka Acevedo, informed the paper the go well with is much less about the truth that the canine was shot however extra about how the town dealt with her consumer’s makes an attempt to settle the matter.
Levesque wrote in a police report that he thought he was in a standard space within the building when a canine started performing aggressively in direction of him and coming in direction of him, in accordance with The Herald News.
However, safety footage reveals the officer opening the door to the condominium at 2669 S. Main Street with out knocking, in accordance with the paper. Honey was seen working out onto the road after being shot.
The officer claimed he was injured through the incident, in accordance with The Herald News. He was not bitten by Honey and surveillance video didn’t present the officer limping earlier than one other officer took him to the hospital, in accordance with the paper.
Acevedo informed The Herald News that Honey’s remedy following this incident cost round $6,000 in veterinary payments that needed to be placed on bank cards. The metropolis additionally charged the household $500 to move the canine.
The metropolis has provided the couple $10,000, in accordance with the newspaper, which is considerably beneath the compensation they’d requested for.
Fall River Police Department spokesperson Detective Sgt. Moses Pereira informed The Herald News that Levesque is at the moment a police officer in Swansea.
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