Police capture foot-long alligator roaming neighborhood

An alligator makes it's way along South Walker St. in Lowell, Mass., Sunday, July 3, 2016. Animal Control took the foot-long alligator into custody and took it to a facility specializing in reptile rehabilitation for evaluation and care. (Lowell Police Department/Lowell Animal Control via AP) An alligator makes it's way along South Walker St. in Lowell, Mass., Sunday, July 3, 2016. Animal Control took the foot-long alligator into custody and took it to a facility specializing in reptile rehabilitation for evaluation and care. (Lowell Police Department/Lowell Animal Control via AP)

By Associated Press July 4, 2016 1 min read

LOWELL, Mass. (AP) – Police have captured a foot-long alligator that was spotted roaming around a residential Massachusetts neighborhood over the July Fourth weekend.

Lowell police say they received a call around 7:30 p.m. Sunday reporting the alligator was walking down a street in the city’s Highlands neighborhood. Responding officers located the animal along the side of the road.

Animal control officers arrived on the scene and took custody of the alligator. It was transported to a facility specializing in reptile rehabilitation for an evaluation.

There’s no word on where the alligator came from.

This isn’t the first time an alligator has turned up in Lowell.