“Killed without cruelty.” A four-meter alligator was shot dead in Florida on Friday while it was on the edge of a watercourse with the body of a 41-year-old woman. Police identified the body on Saturday and said the investigation was ongoing to determine “the circumstances and causes of death.”
A witness, Jamarcus Bullard, told media that he saw a large alligator and a body in the creek and ran to the nearby fire station to raise the alarm. The animal “pulled the body, as if clinging to the lower part of its torso, and dragged it underwater,” he described.
Second fatal attack in county in less than a year
The witness specified that the alligator defended itself fiercely against the police. “They wrapped a rope around his neck and tied him to the pulley of a truck,” he said. “They were in the process of bringing him back, but he started dragging the truck into the water. So they took a long stick, pulled his head out of the water, and shot him,” he said.
Police said it was the second fatal alligator attack in the county in less than a year.