Stupid police shoot concrete alligator!
INDEPENDENCE, Missouri - June 2, 2011 - Police swarmed a home in Independence, Missouri Sunday, their guns drawn ready for a big fight against a very large animal.
However, that animal - an alligator - turned out to be a concrete lawn ornament.
Homeowner Rick Sheridan told a Kansas City Fox television station that he was working in his garage when he heard gun shots. He went around the back of his house to see three police officers shooting at the large reptile lying next to a pond.
“The officer fired two rounds and killed my concrete ornamental alligator,” Sheridan said.
A conservation agent had advised police to kill the alligator if they felt it posed a danger. After realizing the piece of yard art wasn’t moving the police left.
Independence Police Department spokesman Tom Gentry says the gator was partially submerged in weeds and looked really lifelike.
As for the alligator, Sheridan says his trusty friend served his purpose. Sheridan originally purchased the concrete alligator to scare off children. He plans to patch up the alligator and put it back to work.
