WRAL reporter Eric Miller says a Raleigh family is speaking out again after learning the Wake County deputy who shot their dog is “no longer employed” by the sheriff’s office. The case, which happened months ago, has surged back into public view as video clips and commentary spread online and triggered a fresh wave of anger.
CBS 17 reporter Greg Funderburg describes the moment as a spotlight snapping back on a family that never stopped grieving. He reports that a new YouTube video about the incident has now pulled in more than a million views and tens of thousands of comments, turning a private heartbreak into an international argument about policing, pets, and what “accountability” is supposed to look like.
Both reports circle the same point: the family’s dog, Zelda, is gone, and nothing about the aftermath has felt clean or satisfying to the people who lived it…