Angie Harmon is taking the deliveryman who shot and killed her dog to court — and she’s also going after the company he was working for … claiming it was negligent.
The actress is suing Christopher Anthony Reid for what she claims was the wrongful shooting of her pup in April on her property in North Carolina — this after she’d ordered something off of Instacart and was communicating with a woman she thought was named “Merle.”
In the docs, obtained by TMZ, Angie claims she wasn’t talking to a lady at all … instead, she was communicating with Reid — whom she alleges was impersonating/passing as Merle.
In any case, Angie’s suit explains that when Reid made his way to her home for the delivery … she heard a gunshot outside and rushed to see what was up, only to discover her dog, Oliver, had been shot … and Reid allegedly putting a gun into his front pant pocket.
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Angie says the dog was actually still alive at the time, so she rushed it over to the vet … but it ultimately died. Angie says the police questioned Reid, but ended up closing the case without further action … and before a necropsy could be conducted.
In her suit, she also insists Reid was not injured — as he claimed to police — and that he had ample opportunity to leave the property unharmed … but wrongfully shot her pet anyway.
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Now, Angie is claiming Reid had no right to be on her property … and that he definitely shouldn’t have had a gun either — alleging he violated local laws by doing this. Not only is she suing Reid, but she’s suing Instacart too … accusing them of trespassing, conversion, negligence, negligent hiring, invasion of privacy, infliction of emotional distress and more.
She’s seeking damages north of $25,000. We’d previously heard Instacart had booted Reid from their platform — we’ve reached out to them again in light of this … no word back yet.