KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Deputies said a woman has died after an encounter involving an alligator in South Carolina Friday afternoon, WCIV reported.
Officials said they were called around 5 p.m. to Kiawah Island in Charleston County for reports of an encounter. Officers have not specified what the encounter with the alligator was.
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Authorities said a deputy fatally shot the alligator and retrieved it.
The woman’s identity has not been released.
No other details have been released at this point.
This is an ongoing investigation.
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