East Charlotte residents who spotted a sheep running around a park on Friday may have thought someone was trying to pull the wool over their eyes, but that wasn’t the case.
A sheep really was on the loose, said Melissa Knicely, spokesperson at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care and Control office, and two CMPD officers had to quickly become shepherds.
One officer spotted the sheep near Briarwood Academy on Wilann Drive while patrolling the area, an email from Knicely said…