Cop shoots beloved petting zoo donkey after wild midnight search for missing child went horribly wrong — Cedartown, Georgia

CEDARTOWN, Georgia — Cedartown Police Chief Jamie Newsome later posted a statement on social media confirming it was one of his officers who fired the fatal shot at HeeHaw.

“An officer responded to a request from the Polk County Police Department in searching for a missing child.

During that search, it is with a heavy heart that I report a Cedartown police officer shot and killed a donkey. […] The officer involved has been placed on administrative leave, pending the outcome.” According to Chief Newsome, the case has been handed over to the Georgia Department of Agriculture’s Law Enforcement Division, which is conducting an independent investigation.

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