A mountain lion killed a 21-year-old man and injured his 18-year-old brother in a distant space of Northern California’s foothills on Saturday, authorities mentioned.
The brothers had been attempting to find shed antlers close to Georgetown in El Dorado County when the mountain lion attacked, the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned.
The youthful brother referred to as the sheriff’s officer round 1:15 p.m. to report the assault and mentioned he was separated from his brother.
Deputies arrived round 1:30 p.m. to search out the 18-year-old with traumatic accidents to his face and started to manage support.
Different deputies discovered the lacking brother mendacity on the bottom because the mountain lion crouched over him, in line with officers.
Deputies fired their service weapons to scare off the mountain lion, which sat between the deputies and the sufferer.
As soon as the mountain lion ran away, deputies raced to the older brother, however he was discovered deceased.
Wardens and Trappers from the California Division of Fish and Wildlife together with the El Dorado County Trapper responded to the world and situated the mountain lion.
The sheriff’s workplace mentioned the massive cat was euthanized.
The brothers have but to be publicly recognized.
No updates on the youthful brother’s situation had been instantly out there.
Georgetown is a historic city of simply over 2,000 folks situated about 50 miles northeast of Sacramento.
For the reason that mid-80s, there have been almost two dozen reported mountain lion assaults on people, in line with a verified listing stored by the fish and wildlife division.
The final deadly encounter, nevertheless, was in 2004 in Orange County.
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