Law & Order actress Angie Harmon has stated she has been left ‘beyond devastated’ after a supply driver fatally shot her canine over Easter.
The 51-year-old star stated the Instacart employee killed her household’s canine Oliver after he dropped off groceries at their Charlotte, North Carolina home.
‘We are completely traumatised & beyond devastated at the loss of our beloved boy & family member,’ Angie wrote on Instagram.
Police stated they investigated the incident however filed no prices towards the driving force, stating that it was an act of self-defence.
Instacart stated they have been ‘deeply saddened and disturbed’ by the occasions and had ‘immediately suspended’ the consumer’s account on their platform.
On Monday, Angie, who additionally starred in Rizzoli & Isles and Agent Cody Banks, shared a carousel of images of her canine as she introduced the information of his dying on social media.
In a prolonged put up, she wrote: ‘This Easter weekend a man delivering groceries for Instacart shot & killed our precious Oliver. He got out of his car, delivered the food & THEN shot our dog.
‘Our ring camera was charging in the house, which he saw & then knew he wasn’t being recorded.
‘The police let him go b/c he claimed “self defense”. He did not have a scratch or bite on him nor were his pants torn.
‘He was shopping under a woman’s id named Merle… the pic is on my story.
‘He shot our dog with my daughters & myself at home & just kept saying, “yeah, I shot your dog. Yeah I did.”
‘We are completely traumatized & beyond devastated at the loss of our beloved boy & family member.’
In an announcement shared with DailyMail.com, Instacart stated: ‘We were deeply saddened and disturbed to hear about this incident.
‘We have no tolerance for violence of any kind, and the shopper account was immediately suspended from our platform.
‘We have been in direct contact with the customer and are cooperating with law enforcement on their investigation.’
In an update from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) to TMZ, the power confirmed no prices had been filed and so they weren’t in search of anybody else in relation to the taking pictures.
In an announcement, the CMPD stated: ‘The investigation revealed that a delivery driver arrived at the residence to deliver consumable goods.
‘The driver told officers that a dog attacked him while he was at the residence and that he defended himself by firing a single gunshot, striking and mortally wounding the dog.
‘Another dog was present at the residence but did not attack.’
Angie was signed as a mannequin at age 15 and appeared on covers of magazines equivalent to Cosmopolitan and Esquire earlier than pursuing an performing profession.
Her breakthrough got here with the position of Ryan McBride on Baywatch Nights after which was solid as Abbie Carmichael on Law & Order, incomes 4 Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for her efficiency.
Her different roles embrace Agent Cody Banks, Seraphim Falls and Rizzoli & Isles, for which she was nominated for awards together with the Gracie Award for Best Actress and People’s Choice Award for Favourite Cable TV Actress.
Metro.co.uk has contacted Instacart and CMPD for remark.
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