St. Paul: Black bear in Frogtown killed by police

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3. Not the first time

12/18/11

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Police have shot and killed a bear that wandered into a neighborhood near downtown St. Paul.

St. Paul Police Department spokesman Howie Padilla says police received at least two calls about bear sightings in the Dayton’s Bluff neighborhood just before 7:30 p.m. Saturday. He says officers shot the bear just before 8 p.m. Animal control officers took the bear’s body away.

The area is south of Interstate 94 and east of downtown near the Mississippi River.

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/12/18/police-kill-bear-near-downtown-st-paul/


5/20/11

A black bear was shot and killed early Friday morning after it was spotted wandering through a residential neighborhood in North St. Paul.

Police received a call from a resident around 4:50 a.m. that a bear was running around near the intersection of Henry Street and 2nd Avenue. Officers responded and followed the bear as it traveled across Highway 120 and into the city of Oakdale.

http://www.kare11.com/rss/article/923886/14/Wandering-bear-shot-and-killed-in-St-Paul-suburbs