Angie Harmon Introduces New Dog Who Helped Her Through ‘Dark Time’ 1 Year After Delivery Driver Killed Her Pet (Exclusive)

• On April 28, Angie Harmon introduced her new dog Lucy on Instagram with a cuddly photo

• The actress tells PEOPLE the new pet has helped her heal after the tragic death of her dog Oliver in 2024

• Oliver died on March 30, 2024, after her was shot by an Instacart driver making a delivery to Harmon's home

Angie Harmon is giving fans a peek at an important addition to her life.

On April 28, the Law & Order alum shared an Instagram post showing her lying underneath a cuddly black-and-white dog.

“Just me, my dog, and the realization that I've been demoted from human to FURNITURE 😂💞 Happy Monday Y'all,” Harmon, 52, captioned the sweet shot.

Harmon tells PEOPLE the pup in the picture is her new dog, Lucy.

The photo post comes slightly over a year after the tragic death of her dog Oliver, who was shot and killed on March 30, 2024, by an Instacart delivery driver.

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According to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department's investigation into the incident, the delivery person, Christopher Anthoney Reid, claimed that he dropped off food on Easter Sunday 2024 and then “the dog attacked him and that he defended himself by firing a single gunshot, striking and mortally wounding the dog,” per the police statement.

Harmon, who was in her house at the time of the incident, told PEOPLE in May 2024 that she went to the door after hearing the shot and found Oliver bleeding and Reid saying, “Yeah, I shot your dog. I shot him.”

After discovering her injured German shepherd and beagle mix, Harmon says she and her daughters rushed the pet to an emergency veterinarian, who worked to revive the dog but could not save Oliver.

“I just couldn't breathe. I couldn't get up, I couldn't do anything, and I couldn't help him as much as I kept trying, I kept failing,” Harmon said of the day Oliver died. “When I went in there, they were doing CPR on him, and they did that for 7 to 13 minutes. And then everything just got really still. There I was watching him covered in his blood.”

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Losing Oliver was overwhelming for Harmon and her entire family, which includes her three daughters: Finley, 21, Avery, 19, and Emery, 16. It left the Rizzoli and Isles actress unsure when she would be prepared for a new pet. At the time of Oliver's death, Harmon also had two dogs, Daisy and Benny; two cats, Hazel and Moose; and three squirrels, Oscar, Emmy, and Thomas — a girl — who is now living out in the wild.

According to a representative for Harmon, Lucy entered the star's life thanks to her daughter, Avery. The 19-year-old got the dog, and then she and her sisters gave the pet to Harmon as a Mother's Day surprise in May 2024.

Harmon tells PEOPLE she was initially unsure if she was ready to love another dog after losing Oliver, but Lucy quickly assuaged her fears and helped her through Oliver's traumatizing death.

“Lucy changed my life. She saved me,” Harmon says exclusively to PEOPLE. “She saved me from a really dark period in my life, and I love her so much.”

The actress says that while Lucy just made her Instagram debut, she “goes everywhere” with Harmon and was a much-needed comfort over Easter 2025.

“This past Easter was really hard because it was the one-year anniversary after losing Oliver — and it's still difficult— but I'm so happy I have my family and all three of my dogs,” Harmon says, acknowledging her two other dogs.

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“Truly, Lucy saved me and has allowed me to love and feel again. She's become an emotional comfort for me,” she adds.

After Oliver's death, Harmon sued Instacart and Reid for alleged trespassing, conversion, negligence, negligent supervision/hiring, invasion of privacy, and negligent misrepresentation, and she is seeking over $25,000 in damages. However, the exact amount will be determined at a later date. According to court documents, the case is still in litigation with an arbitration hearing slated for May 20.

In a statement about the incident to PEOPLE in April 2024, Instacart noted that they had suspended the shopper from the platform and were working with local law enforcement on their investigation.

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