Escaped cow slaughtered in Home Depot parking lot

The slaughter of a young cow in the parking lot of a Home Depot has prompted the closure of a local meat market specializing in selling food prepared by observing Islamic laws, according to NBC Connecticut. The Saba meat store in Bloomfield had live animals on the premises when a young cow escaped and trotted across the street to the parking lot of a Home Depot on Saturday,July 13, 2019. less The slaughter of a young cow in the parking lot of a Home Depot has prompted the closure of a local meat market specializing in selling food prepared by observing Islamic laws, according to NBC Connecticut. The ... more Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Escaped cow slaughtered in Home Depot parking lot 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

BLOOMFIELD - The slaughter of a young cow in the parking lot of a Home Depot has prompted the closure of a local meat market specializing in selling food prepared by observing Islamic laws, according to NBC Connecticut.

The Saba meat store in Bloomfield had live animals on the premises when a young cow escaped and trotted across the street to the parking lot of a Home Depot Saturday, NBC CT said.

An employee of the store, identified as Badr Musead, and a contractor doing renovation work, identified as Andy Morrison, chased the cow into the parking lot across the street, police said.

An officer witnessed the chase and tried to help by blocking the cow in with his cruiser, police said. When the cow ran toward the employees, Morrison shot at the animal with a bow and arrow, but missed instead striking the wall of the home improvement store, police said.

The incident was captured on the officer's body camera, which was released to NBC CT.

By that point, other meat market employees had joined in and one pulled out a long knife and slit the cow's throat in public as they were trying to corral the cow, police said.

The officer's verbal exchange with the employee about the killing of the cow in public view was captured on the body camera, NBC CT said.

Musead was issued a summons for creating a public disturbance.

The incident drew the attention of local, state and federal agencies, which closed the market for various violations, NBC CT said.