NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A Mississippi woman detailed the moments leading up to her shooting and killing an escaped monkey. She says she shot and killed the monkey in her yard after hearing strange noises and fearing her 3-year-old child could be hurt.

In an interview, Jessica Bond said she first heard unusual noises in bushes near her home Saturday night and warned her children not to go outside. She said her son later heard their dogs barking and saw a monkey outside Sunday morning.

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Bond said her son could not get a clear video of the animal, and she then got her phone, gun and called authorities. Bond said she backed out of her driveway, saw the monkey on a nearby bin and later on a ne

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