Post by featherduster on Oct 29, 2013 4:05:50 GMT -5
From the Indianapolis star:
Police investigate reports of a man beating a deer with a hammer along I-70
By Bill McCleery
A white-tailed deer apparently was beaten in the head with a hammer along I-70 this morning drawing sympathy from motorists.
Police received multiple calls just before noon from people reporting the same odd scenario: A man wearing camouflage clothing was beating a deer with a hammer — repeatedly pounding its head — as it lay along the eastbound lanes of the interstate near Ronald Reagan Parkway.
Police from multiple departments responded.
One dispatcher speculated the deer had been hit by a vehicle.
“My guess is someone wants the meat, but it’s not dead yet,” said a dispatcher with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. Otherwise, he said, repeated blows to the head did not seem like a humane way to euthanize a wounded animal.
One radio transmission indicated the disturbance had been caused by someone attempting to remove antlers from a dead buck.
Dispatchers with IMPD, Indiana State Police and Indianapolis International Airport said their officers never located a deer or a man wearing camouflage clothing along the interstate. :
Police investigate reports of a man beating a deer with a hammer along I-70
By Bill McCleery
A white-tailed deer apparently was beaten in the head with a hammer along I-70 this morning drawing sympathy from motorists.
Police received multiple calls just before noon from people reporting the same odd scenario: A man wearing camouflage clothing was beating a deer with a hammer — repeatedly pounding its head — as it lay along the eastbound lanes of the interstate near Ronald Reagan Parkway.
Police from multiple departments responded.
One dispatcher speculated the deer had been hit by a vehicle.
“My guess is someone wants the meat, but it’s not dead yet,” said a dispatcher with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. Otherwise, he said, repeated blows to the head did not seem like a humane way to euthanize a wounded animal.
One radio transmission indicated the disturbance had been caused by someone attempting to remove antlers from a dead buck.
Dispatchers with IMPD, Indiana State Police and Indianapolis International Airport said their officers never located a deer or a man wearing camouflage clothing along the interstate. :
