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A black bear wandered inside a Dollar General store in New Jersey's Vernon Township on Sept. 16 and made contact with a 90-year-old woman, according to police

Video shared on social media showed another patron escorting the bear out of the store

Police later euthanized the bear

Shoppers inside a Dollar General store in New Jersey caught an unusual sight earlier this week: a wandering 175-lb. black bear.

The Vernon Township Police Department said that around 1:39 p.m. local time on Tuesday, Sept. 16, they got a report about a bear in the area of the Dollar General in the McAfee area of Vernon Township. Upon their arrival, officers got the animal to leave the area.

However, at approximately 2:55 p.m., authorities received a 911 call from a Dollar General employee who sai

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