Deer’s escape after breaking into US school captured on police bodycams

When officers encountered the deer in a stairwell, the animal – which police have nicknamed Rudolph – initially charged at them as it ran down a hallway

Police officers pursue a deer down a hallway at Cedar Grove Elementary School in Toms River, New Jersey (Toms River Police Department via AP)

A school in the US had an unexpected visitor over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend when a deer jumped through a small window and knocked over items in a classroom before fleeing the building.

A man walking his dog at around 10pm local time on November 25 saw the young deer smash through a window at Cedar Grove Elementary School in Toms River, New Jersey, which is about 60 miles east of Philadelphia.