Screenshots of a man trapping a cat in a garbage bag and slamming it onto the floor (Butler County Sheriff’s Office)

Police in Ohio are searching for a man who they say chased a cat into an apartment building, captured it in a plastic garbage bag, and then slammed the bag into the ground, ultimately killing it.

Surveillance footage of the horrific attack that took place earlier this month was shared by the Butler County Sheriff’s Office as they continue to search for the man responsible.

According to Sheriff Richard Jones, the man chased the cat at about 9 p.m. on Jan. 24 into the Indian Springs Apartment Complex in the 300 block of Hampshire Drive in Hamilton, which is where he engaged in the heartless abuse of the small animal.

“What we have here today is a very, very disturbing video, and we need everybody’s help to see if we can identify this individual,” Jones said in a video posted to the sheriff’s Facebook page.

The man — wearing a dark green parka, black pants with distinctive writing on the left leg, and glasses — is seen carrying a thin white garbage bag as he corners the animal at the end of a hallway.