A bear is still on the loose hours after the tragedy on the edge of the Florida Everglades on Monday morning, where an 88-year-old man and his dog were killed.

The scene was off of State Road 29 in the wooded unincorporated town of Jerome, which is about an hour’s drive southeast of Fort Myers. More than twenty investigators from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Collier County Sheriff’s Office were there.

CCSO said they got the first 911 call about a possible bear sighting around 7 a.m.

People who lived in the area for a long time found Robert Markel dead at the scene, not far from a dog that they think was killed later.

His daughter says she saw the bear attack the dog and called the police. Wildlife officials then found Markel’s body “a couple hundred yards away” from the dog’s body.

According to Commission spokesman Jorge Reynaud, if the cause of death is proven, it will be the first known fatal bear attack in Florida history. In January, a bear mauled someone but did not kill them.

“We know it was a bear attack.” “At the news briefing on Monday, Reynaud said, “We don’t know if it was the same bear or more than one.”

Later, wildlife officials may have caught the bear that did it after using drones and bear traps to look.

The Naples Daily News says that on Monday night, a group of what sounded like gunshots could be heard over the woods near Jerome. Soon after, officials were seen pulling a dead bear out of the woods. At first, it wasn’t clear who killed the bear.

Officials had earlier warned residents and tourists that the animal could still be out and about. It is likely a Florida black bear; there are about 4,050 of them in the Sunshine State.

“Just to be safe, we urge residents and visitors to stay alert and stay away from the area,” a Commission spokesperson said.

Reports say that Markel and the dog were living together on a country property in the Jerome area that has several homes and is on the western edge of the Big Cypress National Reserve.