The saga of the escaped lab monkeys in Mississippi has taken a more gruesome turn. Over the weekend, a woman encountered one of the escapees and shot it dead.

The Associated Press reported Sunday that 35-year-old Jessica Bond Ferguson killed the monkey soon after it approached her property. The slain animal was one of three rhesus monkeys still on the loose following a truck crash last week. Though the escaped monkeys are not believed to be infectious, contrary to initial reports, authorities still warn that they could be aggressive and a danger to people.

“I did what any other mother would do to protect her children,” Bond Ferguson, a mother of five, told the AP. “I shot at it and it just stood there, and I shot again, and he backed up and that’s when he fell.”

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