Dog shot during a robbery in Cooper-Young
By: Kendra Harris/MicroMemphis Reporter
April 29, 2014
A Memphis community is on edge after the frightening robbery of one of their neighbors.
The victim was robbed at gunpoint in daylight after the man inside her home shot the family dog. Neighbors in the Cooper-Young area off Cox Street are shaken after the hearing about the incident.
“I was terrified when I came home from work. I can’t believe he was in our home in broad daylight, said Jenny Wright, 25.
Memphis police say that Wright came home early from work February 28th 2010 to find a man standing in her kitchen with a handgun. The robber demanded money from her, but as Wright was reaching into her purse her dog, a shepherd mix named Jack, entered the kitchen and began bark at the intruder.
The gunman then shot and killed Jack. After the robber shot Wright’s dog, he then pointed the gun back at Wright and demanded she give him the money. Wright gave him $100. He left the home and jumped her back gate and ran down Nelson St.
"She scared me to death because we were sitting here watching television and she got up and came over and told me 'I just got robbed and they shot my dog'," said Pete Neely, Wright’s neighbor.
Wright said she thinks of this as a really good neighborhood where a terrible thing happened. She says she refuse to live in fear.
Neighbors say after the robbery they've come together in an effort to keep each other safe.
"We've all been saying that we're going to have to be more vigilant in terms of watching out for each other and I trust that we will," Neely stated.
The suspect in this robbery is described as a male in his 20's, last seen wearing a white sweatshirt and black shorts. This investigation is ongoing.
“I will miss my Jack, but he was doing what he was supposed to do and that was to protect me. I hate that my family dog has died, but I am grateful it was not my own life or someone else’s in the process,” said Wright.
April 29, 2014
A Memphis community is on edge after the frightening robbery of one of their neighbors.
The victim was robbed at gunpoint in daylight after the man inside her home shot the family dog. Neighbors in the Cooper-Young area off Cox Street are shaken after the hearing about the incident.
“I was terrified when I came home from work. I can’t believe he was in our home in broad daylight, said Jenny Wright, 25.
Memphis police say that Wright came home early from work February 28th 2010 to find a man standing in her kitchen with a handgun. The robber demanded money from her, but as Wright was reaching into her purse her dog, a shepherd mix named Jack, entered the kitchen and began bark at the intruder.
The gunman then shot and killed Jack. After the robber shot Wright’s dog, he then pointed the gun back at Wright and demanded she give him the money. Wright gave him $100. He left the home and jumped her back gate and ran down Nelson St.
"She scared me to death because we were sitting here watching television and she got up and came over and told me 'I just got robbed and they shot my dog'," said Pete Neely, Wright’s neighbor.
Wright said she thinks of this as a really good neighborhood where a terrible thing happened. She says she refuse to live in fear.
Neighbors say after the robbery they've come together in an effort to keep each other safe.
"We've all been saying that we're going to have to be more vigilant in terms of watching out for each other and I trust that we will," Neely stated.
The suspect in this robbery is described as a male in his 20's, last seen wearing a white sweatshirt and black shorts. This investigation is ongoing.
“I will miss my Jack, but he was doing what he was supposed to do and that was to protect me. I hate that my family dog has died, but I am grateful it was not my own life or someone else’s in the process,” said Wright.