Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe March 5 (UPI) -- Authorities in Florida said a pair of sheriff's deputies responded to a Target store where they captured a baby alligator seen wandering the parking lot. The Indian River County Sheriff's Office said Deputies Bobby Gage and Victoria Pianelli responded to the store on Friday after customers spotted the 2-foot reptile running loose in the parking lot. Advertisement The sheriff's office posted photos of the deputies holding the alligator to Facebook. The young gator was released into a retention pond behind the store. Read More Alligator fished out of Florida woman's backyard pool Alligator carcass found in North Carolina lake a mystery Intruding 9-foot alligator lurks outside Florida apartment