Deputy Attacked By Alligator

Deputy Attacked By Alligator (Added: May 16, 2008)

A Volusia County Florida deputy is attacked by a gator he was trying to subdue. The alligator "went crazy" according to one witness (more)

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A Volusia County, Florida deputy is attacked by a gator he was trying to subdue. The alligator "went crazy" according to one witness

By: Michael Snowden | WKRG-TV
Published: May 16, 2008

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DELTONA, Fla. (AP) - A Volusia County sheriff's deputy is
hospitalized in serious but stable condition after being bitten by
an 8-foot-long alligator he was trying to subdue in a parking lot.
Authorities say Deputy Keith Baughman responded to a call late
Thursday about an alligator roaming around the Deltona apartment
complex. Witnesses say the deputy put a towel over the gator's
head, jumped onto its back and tried to grab its snout.
One witness says the alligator "went crazy," throwing off
Baughman and biting him on the leg.
Authorities say another deputy repeatedly shot at the gator to
stop it. The animal was hit but not killed.
Baughman suffered injuries to his left thigh and knee.
A state trapper eventually caught and killed the gator.