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The Brief

A bear was euthanized in Vernon, New Jersey, after police say it attacked a dog and bit an elderly woman.

The woman was bitten in the leg inside a Dollar General.

Viral video showed a customer guiding the bear out of the Dollar General and into the parking lot.

Police in New Jersey had to euthanize a 175-pound bear after it wandered into a local store this week and attacked bit an elderly woman.

What we know:

Police first received reports of a bear behaving erratically on Route 94 near a Dollar General in Vernon around 1:39 p.m. Tuesday.

Officers tried using rubber bullets to get the bear to go away. It fled into the woods, before coming back about two hours later. Then the animal attacked a German shepherd and cha

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