Identity of shooter remains unknown, police say
A Tybee public works crew discovered a dead coyote on Tuesday morning in the dunes at the 18th Street crossover. The animal had been shot.
It's not known who killed the animal, said Police Chief Bob Bryson, or even when the coyote was shot, but police did receive a call at 2 a.m. about shots fired in that general area. It is illegal to discharge a firearm within city limits, Bryson said.
The discovery of the dead coyote comes just a few days after Tybee city council instructed the island's police force to obtain a tranquilizer gun and better traps to step up efforts to capture coyotes, which were first sighted on Tybee last spring. Since then the animals have been controversial, with some residents advocating for coyotes and others worried about the dangers the animals might pose to pets or people.
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