Actress Angie Harmon sues Instacart, delivery driver after dog’s shooting death

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(WJW) — Actress Angie Harmon is suing both Instacart and the delivery driver she said shot and killed her dog in March.

According to PEOPLE, court documents show that Harmon is suing the delivery service and driver — identified in the suit as Christopher Anthoney Reid — for alleged trespassing, conversion, negligence, negligent supervision/hiring, invasion of privacy and negligent misrepresentation.

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She is seeking over $25,000 in damages, though the exact amount will be determined at trial, according to the documents.

The “Law and Order” actress posted about the incident on social media after it took place saying in part, “This Easter weekend, a man delivering groceries for Instacart shot & killed our precious Oliver. He got out of his car, delivered the food & THEN shot our dog.”

PEOPLE reported that it happened at her home in Charlotte, North Carolina, on March 30.

“The driver told officers that a dog attacked him while he was at the residence and that he defended himself by firing a single gunshot, striking and mortally wounding the dog,” police said at the time. But, Harmon rebutted the driver’s self-defense claim.

“He did not have a scratch or bite on him nor were his pants torn,” she wrote on social media. “He shot our dog with my daughters & myself at home & just kept saying, ‘Yeah, I shot your dog. Yeah I did.’”

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Instacart responded in a statement to PEOPLE.

“We were deeply saddened and disturbed to hear about this incident. We have no tolerance for violence of any kind, and the shopper account was immediately suspended from our platform. We have been in direct contact with the customer and are cooperating with law enforcement on their investigation.”

In the filing, lawyers for Harmon claim that she believed, at the time, that she was communicating with a delivery driver named Merle, whose profile picture depicted an older woman.

The attorneys claim that Reid was actually the one who arrived at the North Carolina home on March 30. The suit alleges “Reid was impersonating Merle on the Instacart app” and Harmon had “no idea she had been communicating” with Reid, who is described as “a tall and intimidating younger man,” according to PEOPLE.

After the shooting, Oliver was still alive when he was rushed to the animal hospital, where he later died.

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According to the suit, investigations found that Reid was not injured or “seriously threatened” by the dog when it was shot.

According to the Instacart user agreement, any violence or aggression on their platform, including carrying a weapon is prohibited.

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