A black bear wandering the streets of London, Ont., is now dead after police shot and killed the animal this afternoon.
Police say they surrounded the bear near the Oxford Street Bridge.
At one point the animal charged at an officer, was shot and wounded and ran off.
The bear was located 20 minutes later on the grounds behind a children's centre and was shot once more and killed.
The death of the bear comes about six hours after it was originally spotted around 4:30 a.m.
Police say there were five sightings of the bear in total, and the scare forced two schools to go into lockdown.