THE SUMMER OF 2026. CHANNING. >> WILDLIFE OFFICERS, HOUSTON EYES. THIS BEAR IN THE GOLDEN GATE ESTATE OVER THE WEEKEND. YOU CAN SEE THE BEAR AFFECTIONATELY NAMED BOB SLEEPING AROUND SOMEONE'S POND HERE. THE HOMEOWNER SAYS THE BEAR WAS HANGING AROUND THIS AREA FOR ABOUT A WEEK. ABC SEVEN'S RYAN ARE BIG. ASK TALK TO THE EXPERTS TO FIND OUT WHY THE BEAR HAD TO BE PUT DOWN. >> A GUNSHOT WOUND. A CAR ACCIDENT IN A FIGHT WITH ANOTHER BIG. THOSE ARE THE 3 THINGS WC BIOLOGIST TO GOLDEN GATE ESTATES RESIDENT DON WHEN HE CALLED THEM ABOUT THE MASSIVE ANIMAL THAT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS HIBERNATING IN HIS PARK. WE HAVE CHICKENS AND I GOT HOME FROM WORK AND WENT BACK TO CHECK ON THE CHECK INS AND RIDE MY BIKE AROUND THE POND. AND I NOTICED. >> THE BARRELING DOWN IN THE WATER. WHAT AT FIRST SIGHT? I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY NORMAL. SO I THOUGHT IT WAS IT. DID THERE. >> THAT WENT ON FOR ABOUT A WEEK ALONG 10TH AVENUE, NORTHEAST ORTIZ SAID HE WOULD SEE THE BEAR FOR 6 OR 7 HOURS AND THEN IT WOULD DISAPPEAR. >> HE EVEN BECAME PART OF THE FAMILY ROUTINE NAMED BOB. >> WE KNOW THAT I WENT BACK AND IT WAS GONE. A BIG DEAL. NEXT OF THE CAMERA BACK CAMERA WENT OFF. >> I LOVE CAMERA AND THE BEER WAS IN THE THAT WAS UNTIL THIS WEEKEND WHEN BOB, THE LOOKS LIKE HE WENT FROM SUNNY YOU SOUTH IN THE SHALLOW TO CREATURE IN NEED OF LEGAL HELP. >> SO I GO A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO IT TO SEE IF PICK UP HIS DAD. >> AND THEN I STARTED AND I CALL THE. >> WHAT DID YOU SEE? FWC ATTEMPTED TO GET THE MASSIVE ANIMAL OUT OF THE WATER SUNDAY NIGHT. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WASN'T POSSIBLE. COLLATERAL DAMAGE FROM WHAT THIS LONGTIME RESIDENT SAYS WAS A MISSING FOOT SEVERE SHRAPNEL STUCK INSIDE THE FLUSH. HE SAID IT APPEARED LIKE IT WAS STRUCK BY AN AUTOMOBILE. >> ANDWHAT IT WAS LIKE A BRAT. IT'S A WAY IT'S COMPLETELY FILLED. HIS SKIN. AFTER THEY USE AN AISD. IT TOOK THEM A DOUBLE TAKE TOO AND THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND A BULLET IN HIM. 22 CALIBER BULLET. >> FROM A PARTIALLY HEALED WOUND. FWC TELLS US THEY WERE EVENTUALLY ABLE TO TRAP BOB THE BEAR, BUT HIS INJURIES WERE TOO SEVERE FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT AND HE NEEDED TO BE EUTHANIZED. IT HURT EVERYBODY. THE STATE WILDLIFE AGENCY HAS NOT SAID WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE OPENING UP AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE POTENTIAL HIT AND RUN OR SHOOTING REP