A large alligator was caught Friday carrying the lifeless body of a Floridian down a canal.
A witness first saw the 14-foot reptile with its prey stuck between its jaws on a residential street in Largo, a small community just four miles south of Clearwater.
“I could tell there was a body in his mouth, so I started recording,” witness JaMarcus Bullard told Spectrum Bay News 9.
The large crocodile was spotted by a witness carrying a lifeless body in the canal.holly gregory/X
Bullard, who was on his way to a job interview, alerted the Largo Fire Department, which was stationed just steps away from the bloody scene.
Emergency personnel immediately pulled the gator from the water and shot it “several times,” Bullard said.
“A lot of my neighbors are here and they’re the ones who told me about the gator,” area resident Jennifer Dean told the outlet.
Officers shot the animal dead after dragging it from the water, witnesses said.holly gregory/X
“While we were standing here, we heard gunshots, I think they killed the gator.”
The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that both the victim and the gator were pulled from the canal, but declined to say whether they pulled the trigger.
At the scene, investigators stood next to the bloodied gator, which appeared to be at least 10 feet long.
Officials have not yet determined the victim’s cause of death.holly gregory/X
The area is located near the popular Ridgecrest Park, which includes a 5-acre lake famous for being home to alligators.
Gators routinely roam the neighborhood, according to Dean, but the one killed Friday was one of the largest he’s ever encountered.
Investigators are still trying to determine the Floridian’s cause of death.
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