A sad mistake

Raccoons are terrifying. My mom was smoking out back when a family of 4 came up on her. The leader was the biggest coon I ever saw. My mom tried to scare it off and it attacked her. She had to throw a chair at it and run away. They had zero fear of humans. 3 days later I shot the leader with a 49 grain 25 cal hunter supply slug out of the condor. A week later I shot the last one but not before one of them tore up my cat and cost me almost a grand at the vet.