Sam's Club employee bitten by dog; owner cited

Rocky Mount Animal Control responded to a dog bite in the parking lot of the Sam's Club on Wednesday.
Posted 6/20/2025, 12:19:37 AM Updated 6/20/2025, 12:58:10 AM

COSTS AS LOW AS POSSIBLE FOR

CUT FOR CUSTOMERS. LAURA

LESLIE, WRAL, NEWS LIVE IN

RALEIGH. THANK YOU. ARE A SAM'S

CLUB EMPLOYEES RECOVERING

TONIGHT AFTER BEING ATTACKED

BY CUSTOMERS DOG.

>> THE WORKER WAS RETURNING

CARTS OF THE TIME WHEN THE DOG

ESCAPED FROM A VEHICLE WRAL'S.

LUKE NOTE, STEIN EXPLAINS HOW

THIS ALL UNFOLDED AT A STORE

IN ROCKY MOUNT.

>> ROCKY MOUNT POLICE TELL US

THAT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, ROCKY

MOUNT ANIMAL CONTROL RESPONDED

TO A DOG BITES HERE IN THE

PARKING LOT OF THE

SAM'S CLUB. A MALE GERMAN

SHEPHERD ESTATE FROM ITS

OWNER'S VEHICLE. WHILE THE

OWNER WAS TRYING TO GIVE THE

DOG SOME WATER, THE DOG RAN

TOWARD THE FRONT ENTRANCE OF

THE STORE AND DID A STORE

EMPLOYEE WHO WAS RETURNING

SHOPPING CARTS TO THE BUILDING.

>> THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A BITE

ON THE WRIST AND FELL DURING

THE INCIDENT. THE MS RESPONDED

TO THE SCENE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS

TREATED AND RELEASED. THE DOG'S

OWNER WAS CITED FOR 2 CITY

VIOLATIONS, INCLUDING AN ANIMAL

BITE IN AN ANIMAL RUNNING AT

LARGE. ROCKY MOUNT ANIMAL

SERVICES WANTS TO MAKE SURE ALL

PET OWNERS TAKE EVERY

PRECAUTION TO MAKE SURE THEIR