According to Sitka police dispatch reports a 16-year-old boy heard a noise outside his home Wednesday morning. He took a .44-caliber handgun to investigate, was startled by a subadult male brown bear and fired.
A bear tipped over this trash can near Wachusetts Avenue and Peterson Street in Sitka on Oct. 10, 2022, one of several sightings of bears or bear signs in the area over the last week. Officials say containing or storing garbage safely is the best way to prevent bears from becoming habituated.
Sitka police received a call shortly after midnight on Oct. 12 from a boy who reported shooting a bear outside his home on the 1400 block of Edgecumbe Drive. The bear ran away. Sitka police officers subsequently recovered the carcass across the street, and stored it for the night in a department pickup truck.
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