# Coyote officials thought they had killed after child attack seen alive in LA neighborhood

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/coyote-officials-thought-they-had-killed-after-child-attack-seen-alive-in-la-neighborhood/
- Published: 2026-11-12T03:00:34+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T03:19:28+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/11/coyote-los-angeles
- Topics: Environment, Politics, Science

## Key points

- Wiley was shot in October but survived.
- Residents later saw the coyote limping.
- Officials confirmed it was killed after a second shooting.

## Summary

California wildlife officials confirmed that a coyote named Wiley, which had bitten a toddler and alarmed residents in Los Angeles’s Atwater Village, was killed after being shot a second time. Officials had believed the animal died after they shot it in October, but residents later reported seeing it alive and limping.

The first shooting took place on 16 October, but officers could not find Wiley’s body and concluded it had died. After the coyote reappeared, officers returned and killed it, with the department confirming this on Tuesday. Some neighbours questioned the decision to euthanise Wiley and said they thought it should have been relocated.

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