Angie Harmon is suing Instacart and a supply driver who shot and killed her canine throughout a grocery supply at her North Carolina house.
Might 15 2024, Revealed 11:30 a.m. ET
Angie Harmon is suing Instacart and a supply driver who shot and killed her canine throughout a grocery supply at her North Carolina house final month, RadarOnline.com has discovered.
In keeping with courtroom paperwork obtained by PEOPLE, the Legislation & Order and Rizzoli & Isles actress filed a lawsuit towards the supply service and driver Christopher Anthony Reid for alleged trespassing, conversion, negligence, negligent supervision/hiring, invasion of privateness, and negligent misrepresentation. She is in search of over $25,000 in damages.
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The ‘Rizzoli & Isles’ actress filed a lawsuit towards the supply service and driver Christopher Anthony Reid for alleged trespassing, conversion, negligence, negligent supervision/hiring, invasion of privateness, and negligent misrepresentation.
Within the grievance, Harmon claimed that whereas scheduling the supply, she believed she was speaking with an older girl named “Merle.” As a substitute, Reid, described as “a tall and intimidating youthful man,” had been “impersonating Merle on the Instacart app” and was the one who confirmed as much as fulfill the order.
When Reid arrived, Harmon’s attorneys mentioned she “heard what appeared like a gun shot” and “terrified for her youngsters’s security, Ms. Harmon instantly ran downstairs to find out to supply of what she thought was a gun shot.”
Harmon mentioned she noticed Reid “putting a gun within the entrance of his pants, probably in his pant pocket. Seeking to the facet, she noticed that her beloved canine, Oliver, was shot. Though shot, Oliver was nonetheless alive.”
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She is in search of over $25,000 in damages.
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Oliver, a German shepherd/beagle combine, died shortly after being rushed to the veterinarian’s workplace.
When police arrived and questioned Reid in regards to the incident, he admitted that he shot the canine however claimed that it had attacked him and he acted in self-defense.
“The driving force instructed officers {that a} canine attacked him whereas he was on the residence and that he defended himself by firing a single gunshot, placing and mortally wounding the canine. One other canine was current on the residence however didn’t assault,” the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Division mentioned in an announcement.
Though the investigation was closed with none legal expenses being introduced, Harmon’s swimsuit alleges that Reid was “not injured” or “significantly threatened” by the canine and had “ample alternative” to go away the property safely with out taking pictures the canine.
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“I believe Instacart is past chargeable for all of this,” Harmon mentioned.
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On Instagram final month, Harmon wrote, “This Easter weekend a person delivering groceries for #Instacart shot & killed our treasured Oliver. He received out of his automobile, delivered the meals & THEN shot our canine. Our ring digicam was charging in the home, which he noticed & then knew he wasn’t being recorded.”
“The police let him go b/c he claimed ‘self protection.’ He didn’t have a scratch or chunk on him nor had been his pants torn. He was buying below a girl’s identification named Merle … He shot our canine with my daughters & myself at house & simply stored saying, ‘yeah, I shot your canine. Yeah I did.’ We’re utterly traumatized & past devastated on the lack of our beloved boy & member of the family.”
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In an interview on ABC’s Good Morning America this week, Harmon mentioned, “It is so unfathomable to assume there’s any individual in your entrance drive approach that simply fired a gun. You do not ever neglect that sound. I heard my youngest screaming. I simply heard her say, ‘Did you simply shoot my canine?’ I used to be like, ‘What?'”
“I believe Instacart is past chargeable for all of this,” she added. “Like, this did not must occur. And, you already know, the damages that it has achieved to our household.”
In an announcement, Instacart mentioned, “Our hearts proceed to be with Ms. Harmon and her household following this disturbing incident. Whereas we can not touch upon pending litigation, now we have no tolerance for violence of any form, and the consumer account has been completely deactivated from our platform.”