Lakewood police shot and killed a baby bison Saturday afternoon that somehow got loose and eluded officers for several hours.

The buffalo somehow got loose at about 11 a.m. Police spent more than an hour trying to corner the bison at one point near 6th Avenue and keep it under control until the owner could come to retrieve the animal, but it escaped. Just after 2 p.m., police trapped and then shot the large animal. That happened at Kyffen Elementary near 1st Ave. and Flora Way.

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