Baby Mountain Lion Killed by Santa Monica Cops After Wandering Into 2nd Street Courtyard
Updated at the bottom with a photo of the poor thing before it died. But it was no "baby," says the Santa Monica Police Department.![]()
NBC4 The chaotic chase shut down 2nd between Wilshire and Arizona.
News helicopters swarmed above a glass business courtyard on Santa Monica's swanky 2nd Street all morning -- visible from rush hour on the PCH -- as Santa Monica police worked with Department of Fish and Game officials to round up an 80-pound baby mountain lion.
But after a tranquilizer dart, a round of "pepper balls" and multiple blasts from a Fire Department hose, the wild animal was still in danger of escaping the courtyard...
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