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 line 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 line 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 line with The Herald News.
Attorney Melissa Hendrie, who’s representing Honey’s homeowners Richardson DeSilva and Linoshka Acevedo, advised the paper the swimsuit is much less about the truth that the canine was shot however extra about how the town dealt with her shopper’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 line with The Herald News.
However, safety footage exhibits the officer opening the door to the house at 2669 S. Main Street with out knocking, in line with the paper. Honey was seen operating out onto the road after being shot.
The officer claimed he was injured through the incident, in line 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 line with the paper.
Acevedo advised 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 line with the newspaper, which is considerably beneath the compensation they’d requested for.
Fall River Police Department spokesperson Detective Sgt. Moses Pereira advised The Herald News that Levesque is presently a police officer in Swansea.
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