The horse, which had been shot by another trooper prior to the ramming, was severely injured in the incident and euthanized at the scene, officials said:
Perillo followed the running horse and hit it four times with the patrol vehicle. The fourth time, the horse landed on the hood, authorities said, and the trooper hit it a fifth time when it fell off the vehicle.
When the horse tried to stand up, Perillo struck it again, this time driving his car on top of the animal, pinning it to the pavement, authorities said. “Because the horse was still breathing, one of the other troopers present euthanized it,” the district attorney’s office said. Authorities reported the patrol vehicle had nearly $9,000 in damages. Investigators were reviewing video from the car.charged with aggravated cruelty to animals causing death, aggravated cruelty to animals by torture, and cruelty to animals"The horse that was loose on US-1 last December suffered a tortured death at the hands of Cpl Michael Perillo,” Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said. “Inflicting such pain on an innocent animal is unthinkable and inexcusable.
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