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A bodycam video released by the Cedartown Police Department shows Officer Trenton Garner shooting a small donkey named HeeHaw during a search for a missing 12-year-old girl in Rockmart, Georgia on October 4 at around 12:45 am. The footage depicts HeeHaw approaching the officers curiously before being shot with a Glock 17 after a Taser failed to deter him. Garner claims HeeHaw charged aggressively, but the donkey's owner Hannah Israel disputes this and mourns the loss of her beloved pet, vowing legal action against the police department.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-10,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On October 4, Cedartown Police Department released bodycam footage showing the tragic shooting of a gentle, small donkey named HeeHaw. The incident occurred around 12:45 a.m. while officers were searching for a missing 12-year-old girl on a farm in Rockmart, Georgia. As the donkey approached the officers curiously, they deployed a Taser which failed. Officer Trenton Garner then shot HeeHaw from about 10 yards away with a Glock 17, leading to the animal’s death. In his report, Garner claimed that HeeHaw was charging at them; however, the owner Hannah Israel disputes this, mourning her beloved pet and questioning the necessity of such force.
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Cedartown Police Department released the shocking footage of HeeHaw — who was barely waist-high on the officers — getting shot as it trotted inquisitively to the cops who were in a field searching for a missing 12-year-old girl.
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who → release → girl
“Firearm discharged at a donkey.
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Firearm → discharge → donkey
It was trying to attack us on a pasture,” Officer Trenton Garner could be heard telling dispatch in the video.
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Garner → try → video
Footage showed HeeHaw walking slowly with his ears up towards the officers, who were carrying flashlights as they passed through Elsberry Riding and Farm ranch in Rockmart, Ga., at around 12:45 a.m. on Oct. 4.
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they → show → Oct.
HeeHaw ambled towards one officer who quickly deployed a Taser, which failed, Garner said in an incident report.
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Garner → amble → report
Then, from roughly 10 yards away, Officer Garner shot HeeHaw with a Glock 17.
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Garner → shoot → Glock
The poor pet donkey then ran away, collapsed, and was later found dead from the gunshot wound.
asserted
donkey → run → wound
Garner said in the incident report that a CPD officer, a K-9 handler, and a bloodhound team searching for the missing girl were able to scare off horses on the farm and that the donkey was the only animal that allegedly charged.
uncertain
that → say → farm
Owner Hannah Israel mourned the loss of her tiny yearling and pushed back on Garner’s account.
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Israel → mourn → account
“HeeHaw thought people were his family, and HeeHaw was family,” Israel toldWSBTV.
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Israel → think → toldWSBTV
“Cops entered my pasture searching for a missing person WITHOUT permission or warning and shot and killed my bottle raised BABY donkey,” she wrote online Sunday, vowing to take legal action.
“We are heartbroken.
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We → enter → action
He was my SON!!” she wrote.
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she → write → ?
Israel operates the Elsberry Riding and Farm ranch where HeeHaw was featured as part of the petting zoo.
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HeeHaw → operate → zoo
Garner has been put on administrative leave.
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Garner → put → leave
The Georgia Department of Agriculture is investigating the incident.
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Department → investigate → incident
Neither Israel nor the Cedartown Police Department could be reached for comment.
uncertain
Israel → reach → comment
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