WATCH LIVE: Officials provide an update on a bear attack that left a man dead near Prescott.
The victim, Steven Jackson, was building a cabin at the time. He was sitting in a chair on his property when he was attacked by an adult male bear, according to Yavapai County Sheriff David Rhodes.
"We have no other information that there are [other] aggressive animals or bears in the area," Rhodes said.A 66-year-old man is dead, following a bear attack that Arizona Game and Fish officials say is very unusual. FOX 10's Irene Snyder reports. Department of Game and Fish say they are not able to confirm if the bear in Heibert's video is the same bear.YCSO officials provide an update about a fatal bear attack in the high country, including information on the victim and the animal that was put down.
The last deadly bear attack occurred in 2011 in the Pinetop area. This is the 15th attack since the late 1980s.Deadly bear attack: Necropsy shows animal did not have rabies
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