Police capture black bear strolling through Lawrence neighborhood
A black bear that was spotted strolling through a Lawrence neighborhood Monday morning has been safely captured, according to police.
BREAKING: #LawrenceBear has been captured. Tranquilized #NBCBoston pic.twitter.com/ezPhTvR4mo
— Perry Russom (@perryrussom) May 22, 2017
Local police and MassWildlife staff responded to the Tower Hill neighborhood around 11:45 a.m. after residents of Hobson Street spotted the animal, state environmental police spokeswoman Katie Gronendyke said.
According to the Eagle-Tribune, an officer spotted the bear sitting between two boats.
BREAKING #Lawrence Black bear in Tower Hill backyard @EagleTrib Courtesy pic pic.twitter.com/xIXCSYKCyo
— Jill Harmacinski (@EagleTribJill) May 22, 2017
Black bear on loose in Lawrence has been tranquilized and captured #LawrenceBear https://t.co/YmHDLcDsKy pic.twitter.com/gO5YzA973Y
— Young-Jin Kim (@YoungJinWrites) May 22, 2017
Quite the scene here in Lawrence as #LawrenceBear gets loaded into Mass Wildlife truck. Put on ice #NBCBoston pic.twitter.com/vCQJUPVmkB
— Perry Russom (@perryrussom) May 22, 2017
Gronendyke said the 1-year-old bear was successfully tranquilized and will be relocated to a rural, forested area.
