BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A man lost his leg Friday following an alligator attack in Brevard County, according to WESH.
The outlet reports that 72-year-old Titusville man lost his leg after being attacked in the area of Windsong Way around 2 p.m.
WESh says the man's leg was amputated below the right knee, and he was airlifted to a trauma center.
A helicopter surveying the scene captured images of an alligator with a human foot clearly protruding from the end of his mouth.
At least four shots were fired at the gator reportedly involved, according to WESH, followed by blood in the water.
After that, an FWC officer retrieved a foot and part of the leg.
WESH says the officers pulled a gator onshore, and later, a second gator was killed as well.
The victim was airlifted from near The Great Outdoors to the Holmes Regional Medical Center down in Melbourne.