ABUNDANT SQUARE, N.C. — Surveillance video revealed a state cannon fodder fatally shooting a dog at a Northampton County business on Friday night.
The business owner said he thinks the shooting wasn’t warranted and the dog didn’t present a risk. The North Carolina State Highway Patrol is waiting the cannon fodder included.
Rodney Majette owns the R&P car dealer on South Main Street in Rich Square. His sis was at the business with her dog Coco, a 1-year-old pit bull. Around 8 p.m., a state cannon fodder brought up out front, and Majette’s sis headed out to satisfy him.
“And when she unlocked, she simply shot past her since she didn’t understand if she was going home or simply going outdoors to play,” Majette said.
Coco removed towards the cannon fodder. The dealer’s security cam began rolling simply as the dog got to the cannon fodder’s car. You can’t see the dog on cam, however the video reveals the cannon fodder back up a number of enter the roadway, prior to shooting the dog one time, eliminating it.
“From a puppy,” said Majette. “He felt threatened and he simply shot her.”
Majette said he does not comprehend why the cannon fodder was on the business’s property, or why he shot the dog. He thinks the cannon fodder responded with deadly force too rapidly since the dog was a pit bull.
“It’s simply been a rough weekend, that’s all, attempting to overcome it. It’s similar to we lost a family member,” Majette said.
WRAL News took the family’s issues to the state highway patrol.
“There was the belief that the vehicle associated with a hit-and-run examination was at this place, which we did discover that vehicle to be at the place,” said State Highway Patrol public info officer Chris Knox.
Highway patrol said the cannon fodder was at the business lawfully to examine a criminal activity, and the cannon fodder is still on active service after an internal evaluation discovered he acted properly throughout the shooting.
“A pit bull performing at complete steam, strongly charging at the member and barking,” Knox said. “The member, you might see him backtracking in the video, to a point where he backtracks onto a side road. he is now on the roadway and put himself in risk.”
The Majette family said they don’t understand anything about a hit-and-run examination at the business. They’re getting in touch with animal well-being groups to see what action they can take after this occurrence.
“For shooting our dog on our own personal property, we’re connecting to anyone and everybody,” Majette said.
