Cranston Police Officer Bradford C. Duclos was in the unfortunate position of having to end the life of a deer after a recent motor vehicle accident.
According to a police report, Duclos was dispatched to 400 Scituate Ave. on Dec. 17 at around 4 a.m. for a report of a struck deer near the roadway.
Duclos said he arrived and found the deer on the side of the road suffering in pain. The deer appeared to have both its back legs broken and was unable to move.
After contacting the sergeant on duty, Duclos told his supervisor that he would put the deer down to end its suffering.
Duclos fired two rounds into its head, "ending the deer's pain," Duclos wrote in his report.
The deer was off to the side of the road and not obstructing traffic. The state Department of Environmental Management was notified and was to remove the deer later that morning.
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