"Once we got him on the bank and could assess him, we noticed he had several injuries, including previous gunshot wounds," Brent Howze, with Georgia's Department of Natural Resources, told WALB.
The alligator was euthanized.
Wildlife officials told WALB the 13-foot-alligator grew so large because it avoided people.
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