Deputies in Florida have fatally shot a man only minutes after he survived an apparent alligator attack in a bizarre series of events.

Deputies in Florida shot and killed a man believed to be on drugs and wielding a pair of garden shears after he was bitten by an alligator. Timothy Schulz, 42, had climbed into a patrol vehicle to ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Timothy Schultz, 42, charged at his deputies holding a pair of garden shears after swimming across a lake where he was attacked by an alligator.

An alligator attacked and killed a woman who was canoeing with her husband on a central Florida lake Tuesday afternoon, authorities said, after her spouse tried unsuccessfuly to fight off the ...

FWC said the alligator attack occurred on Lake Kissimmee near Tiger Creek. A similar, though non-lethal attack happened in the same creek in March.