Last month the turkey, known as Tom, was shot at point blank range by a police officer after allegedly attacking a couple at 27 Old Ridge Road. A resident, claiming to have raised the turkey as his own, is then alleged to have assaulted the officer. At the time many on the Island regarded it as an isolated incident.
But fresh allegations issued by a group of neighbors at a recent Chilmark selectmen’s meeting suggest Tom was head of a gang of violent turkeys roaming the neighborhood and terrorizing residents.
“These turkeys don’t have boundaries,” said Stephanie daRosa, one of four residents of Shadbush Hollow, a dirt path ......