By Zoe Sottile, CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/26/us/myrtle-beach-alligator-attack-trnd/index.html

Published 10:34 AM EDT, Sun June 26, 2022

CNN—

A person was killed byan alligatornear Myrtle Beach in South Carolina, according to police.

The alligator took hold of a person near the edge of a retention pond on Friday, according to a Facebook post fromthe Horry County Police Department, which responded to the scene.

Following the attack in the Myrtle Beach Golf and Yacht Club, the alligator returned to the retention pond, theSun News reported.

The victim’s body was recovered from the pond and the alligator was removed and euthanized, police say. The police department’s investigation is still underway, authorities said, and the victim’s identity and a cause of death have not yet been released.

The police department did not immediately respond to a request for comment from CNN.

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