India, Oct. 17 -- A 71-year-old man has died after an alligator dragged him from the shoreline into a retention pond in Winter Garden, Florida, while he was fishing. Emergency responders were unable to reach him immediately because other alligators were also present in the water.

Steven Hamilton was fishing near Lake Apopka on Friday evening when the nearly 12-foot alligator attacked him. His body was recovered at around 7 pm, and an alligator believed to be responsible for the fatal incident was later captured and killed.

The incident is being investigated by Winter Garden police and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). Here is everything to know about the fatal alligator attack, the rescue operation, the invest...