CEDARTOWN, GA. — A Cedartown officer has been cleared in the killing of HeeHaw, a 1-year-old miniature pet donkey, Channel 2’s Ashlyn Webb confirmed with the district attorney Tuesday.
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Heehaw, a 1-year-old miniature donkey, was shot by a Cedartown officer in August. Heehaw died from the injuries he sustained.
According to the report written by Officer Trenton Garner, who has been placed on leave during the investigation, officers were in an open field searching for a missing 12-year-old girl.
Garner wrote that he and K-9 units from multiple agencies were searching on a hill when horses in the pasture were “spooked” near the fence line and ran away from them.
The officer stated that a donkey began to charge at him and a K-9 handler from one of the other departments. The handler took out his Taser and used it on him.
HeeHaw’s owner, Hannah Israel, said her donkey would not and did not hurt anyone.
This is a developing story.
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