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Video shows deputies capture gator in crowded grocery store parking lot in Florida

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SARASOTA, Fla. — Deputies in Sarasota County, Florida saved the day when they captured a gator from a parking lot. 

The sheriff's office shared the video on their Facebook page on Thursday.

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According to the post, Sergeant Mark Tuls and Deputy Lincoln Dilling were able to protect Sarasota County residents from a 4-foot gator who found his way to the Winn-Dixie parking lot on Fruitville Road in Sarasota.

The gator appears to have been underneath an SUV as a passenger and driver were sitting in the vehicle.