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Subject: Re: InstaCart Delivery Guy Shoots and Kills One of Angie Harmon's Dogs
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2024 04:38:22 -0400
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On Tue, 2 Apr 2024 23:45:56 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
wrote:

>BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>> 
>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13261563/Angie-Harmon-reveals-Instacart-driver-shot-KILLED-dogs.html
>> 
>> The actress Angie Harmon shared the devastating news that one of her family's
>dogs was shot and killed by an InstaCart delivery person over the Easter
>weekend. The 51-year-old former LAW & ORDER star revealed on Instagram on
>Monday that her dog Oliver had been killed by the delivery person after he
>dropped off groceries to their home in Charlotte, North Carolina.
>> 
>> "This Easter weekend a man delivering groceries for InstaCart shot & killed
>our precious Oliver," she wrote, alongside several sweet photos of the
>deceased pet. "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 because 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 identity named Merle. He shot our dog with my daughters and
>myself at home and just kept saying, "Yeah, I shot your dog. Yeah, I did."
>We
>are completely traumatized and beyond devastated at the loss of our beloved
>boy and family member."
>> 
>> InstaCart responded to Harmon's claims with a statement to DailyMail.com:
>> 
>> "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," it said. "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 to TMZ, law
>enforcement officials confirmed that the InstaCart driver claimed he shot
>the
>dog in self-defense.
>> 
>> "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."
>> 
>> They added that the department's Animal Control division was also involved in
>the response to the shooting but the department confirmed that no charges
>had
>been filed against the driver at this time.
>> 
>> The police department added that it was not seeking out any other individuals
>in response to the shooting. 
>> 
>
>I’ve looked at the postings online and have some questions.
>
>Ring doorbells are rechargeable? You can just stick them up to the front of
>the house and move them in and out? How come they don’t get stolen all the
>time?

Yeah, that has to be the case because most of them (all that I see
around here) are just stuck to the door so there's no power
connection. I haven't checked but assumed that the ring is locked to
the case until you use the app to unlock the ring device.

>The groceries delivered Were a very small package left at the front door. I
>thought from the story presented he/she/it must’ve come inside to see that
>her ring doorbell was recharging. So I’m not sure how he/she/it knew.

I assume the actual device was missing (since it was inside
recharging) so the easier way to put it is that the driver saw that
there was no camera. He may not even have known they had a Ring device
unless he delivered items there before.

>Ring is currently heavily advertising that every big moment in your life
>happens on your front porch and is captured by your ring doorbell video
>which is just galactically stupid but will they continue this campaign?
>
>I wonder what Instacart and the local police policy is on Instacart,
>drivers carrying weapons, potentially concealed?

My guess is just the what ever the local laws are.

>They won’t do anything to he/she/it. PETA goes to peoples homes and steals
>their animals and kills them because they don’t think animals should be
>pets and it’s just a small fine.

Yeah, without a video of what the guy did I don't expect anything to
happen to him.