Fish and Game shoots black bear thought to have killed 16-year-old runner

In response to the fatal bear mauling last weekend of 16-year-old Patrick Cooper in a mountain running race south of Anchorage, wildlife officials shot and killed four black bears, including the one thought to have killed the teen.
That bear had been shot once already during an effort Sunday to recover the 16-year-old’s body.
It was tentatively identified by the State Department of Fish and Game after being killed Tuesday — because the animal had a broken jaw, a recent wound likely c