An employee of a local pet store is believed to have poured a cleaning solution into a receiving tank, killing about 100 fish, police said.
The employee was scheduled to work at the PetSmart in the 10000 block of Lima Road about 3:30 p.m. Friday but arrived about 3:45 p.m. and did not clock in, according to a Fort Wayne police report.
Other employees saw the man go into the receiving room for the fish tanks before he bought a couple of items and left the store, the report said.
A store manager told police she later noticed a large number of fish in the tanks were dying.
The manager then noticed the water in the receiving tank was bubbly and found a cup nearby with a small amount of cleaning solution in the bottom, the report said.
The manager told police she thought the man poured the cleaning solution in the receiving tank to kill all the fish.
Quick work by employees who moved fish into other tanks allowed some fish to be saved, according to Michelle Friedman, PetSmart spokeswoman.
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“We have confirmed what appears to be an intentional act of harm to our fish habitat,” Friedman said, adding that the company is working with police and declined to disclose the value of the fish killed.
