Oh deer! Young male deer runs loose, causes havoc in California furniture store

MODESTO, CALIFORNIA (WITI) -- Forever Yours Home Furnishing in Modesto, California has been open for just one week -- and they've already had to deal with a visitor they didn't expect!

A YouTube video, shot by a store employee shows a young male deer weaving between furniture.

The store's manager says the deer ran into the store from a back alley entrance.

“It was running everywhere. It was blind in one eye so it was just hopping everywhere and it was scared of everybody,” the store's manager said.

Police arrived -- and they tried, unsuccessfully to corral the deer for 45 minutes!

Then, the deer hit a window.

Using a catch pole they typically use to control wild dogs, two officers were able to “hog tie” the deer, in the middle of the furniture store.

“It started panicking. It started throwing itself and started trying to get the cord out of it’s neck and started hitting it’s face and cutting itself – it cut its antler and then broke its own leg,” the store's manager said.

Police reportedly called animal control several times but got no response.

Eventually, a police officer familiar with hunting made the call to kill the deer.

“He is familiar with the most humane way to euthanize an animal so he just said he used a knife and that was the best course of action at the time," a Modesto Police Department spokeswoman said.

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