Alligator found in backyard of home on Detroit's west side https://t.co/4Vgys6zSVT #Local4 pic.twitter.com/6bpCfn1Daq
— Local 4 WDIV Detroit (@Local4News) June 15, 2016
According to Fox 2, police went to the 12800 block of Strathmoor and found a 2-foot gator "charging out."
Animal control was called to remove the animal around 12:45 p.m. Click on Detroit was at the scene and took of video of officers capturing the alligator.
Alligators are notoriously dangerous animals. The capture downtown happened hours after a 2-year-old boy was dragged into a lagoon by an alligator in Orlando.
