Daughter breaks down after her French bulldog breeder father is shot dead during sale
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Daughter breaks down after her father, a 76-year-old French bulldog breeder, is shot and killed during a $2,5000 sale: Issues heart-wrenching plea to killers to ‘turn themselves up’
- Lonnie A. Ray, 76, a beloved breeder of French bulldogs, was fatally shot Monday
- Heartbroken daughter, Karen Hannah pleads for the killer to come forward
- The unidentified suspect is still at large and the puppy is still missing.
The heartbroken 76-year-old daughter of a South Carolina veteran and French bulldog breeder, who was fatally shot during a botched sale, has issued a heartbreaking plea to her father’s killers to “turn themselves up and do what’s right” .
Karen Hannah was heartbroken after learning that her father, Lonnie A. Ray, had been fatally shot Monday night in the parking lot of a KFC in Bishopville, South Carolina, about 53 miles northeast of Columbia, when he was trying to sell one of his French bulldogs for $2,500.
Ray had reportedly met with the buyer online and spoke to them prior to their arranged in-person meeting. Lee County Sheriff Daniel Simon said Ray has a partner, who is with him during these transactions, and was with him Monday night.
When Ray met the prospective buyer in the parking lot, he was shot dead after one of the suspects drew a gun. The sheriff said there were at least three or four men involved. Ray’s friend was not injured. The suspect, with a dog in tow, then fled the scene in a getaway car.
the sheriff he called Ray probably ‘the best breeder in South Carolina’. He said The New York Times that Ray was “a cancer survivor…was in the Vietnam War…survived,” he said. ‘He thought he was just going to make a sale on a dog. He not only loses the French bulldog, but he also lost his life in the process.
Lonnie A. Ray was shot Monday night in the parking lot of a KFC in Bishopville, South Carolina, about 53 miles northeast of Columbia, while trying to sell one of his French bulldogs. The sheriff named Simon called Ray probably “the best breeder in South Carolina.”
The French bulldog who has been missing since the botched Monday night dog sale in South Carolina. The price of the dog was $2,500
After the shooting, Ray was transported to South Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center in Hartsville, South Carolina, but died shortly thereafter. An autopsy was conducted Friday to determine the number of shots he received.
Meanwhile, the suspect is still on the run and the dog is still missing.
South Carolina authorities are reviewing surveillance footage to find the shooter and learn if others were involved in the heinous crime.
When DailyMail.com contacted the sheriff’s department for an update on the case, no one was available.
According to Simon, Ray of Darlington County, South Carolina, had bred and sold dogs for some time and knew what safety precautions to take when setting up a sale, the Times reported.
Since Ray’s death, the sheriff’s office at the Bishopville location is now trying to set up a secure assembly area to reduce future risks associated with transactions conducted through social media. nbc news informed.
Ray’s heartbroken daughter, Karen Hannah, calls on the people who murdered her beloved father to turn themselves in and “do the right thing.”
The victim’s daughter cries after learning of her father’s murder, as an unidentified friend tries to comfort her
The parking lot of a KFC in Bishopville, SC, about 53 miles northeast of Columbia, where the Monday night shooting took place.
Frenchie puppies appear on Ray’s Facebook site and this is how the unidentified suspect first found out about the puppies for sale.
A photo of Ray holding a puppy. The experienced dog breeder was shot dead Monday during a botched dog sale.
French bulldogs are a popular breed with steep price tags. Lady Gaga’s two Frenchies were stolen and her dog walker shot during the robbery.
Gaga’s dog walker survived and was hospitalized and her two dogs were later recovered.