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Bear found in tree in North Spokane

Toby McFeron, 3, gets help spotting a 150 pound black bear in tree from his aunts Christy (center) and Stacie Knutsen, Oct. 16, 2015, on Lyons Avenue near Nevada Street in Spokane, Wash. Washington State Fish and Wildlife officers tranquilized the two-year-old bear and had plans to transport it north of Spokane. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)
Toby McFeron, 3, gets help spotting a 150 pound black bear in tree from his aunts Christy (center) and Stacie Knutsen, Oct. 16, 2015, on Lyons Avenue near Nevada Street in Spokane, Wash. Washington State Fish and Wildlife officers tranquilized the two-year-old bear and had plans to transport it north of Spokane. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)Buy a print of this photo

State wildlife officials tranquilized and trapped a black bear found in a tree in North Spokane Friday morning.

Neighbors reported the bear wandering around the neighborhood Friday around 1:30 a.m. and said it climbed up a tree behind the Albertsons at North Nevada Street and East Lyons Avenue around 7 a.m..

The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office, Washington State Patrol and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife responded to the area.

The bear was tranquilized, trapped and tagged with plans to relocate it to a forested area north of Spokane.

“There’s a lot of residences, lot of people around,” said Fish and Wildlife officer Jason Langbehn said. “We just want to make sure everybody’s safe.”