NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — According to the New Orleans Coroner's report, 12-year-old Bryan Vasquez died as a result of blunt force trauma by an alligator and drowning.

Vasquez's body was found nearby his house in a body of water that is home to multiple alligators.

Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick called for the removal of alligators from the area where Bryan's body was found.

"We want the community and the Michoud neighborhood to be aware that we will have hunters in that body of water eradicating those nuisance alligators," Kirkpatrick said.

Within hours of Kirkpatrick's announcement, an alligator hunter with the department of wildlife and fisheries was already searching in the water.

According to members of the Cajun navy, who were not involved in the hunt but know the hunter, at least t

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