A DEADLY ALLIGATOR ATTACK. BEAUFORT COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY A GATOR KILLED A WOMAN IN THE SUN-CITY COMMUNITY. WE GO NOW LIVE TO OUR NIKIYA CARRERO NEAR SUN CITY TONIGHT. NIKIYA, WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING? NEWS OF THIS DEADLY GATOR ATTACK HAS RESIDENTS OF THE SUN CITY NEIGHBORHOOD SHOCKED. <> IT IS JUST ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE TO THINK THAT SUCH A TRAGEDY COULD'VE OCCURRED." <> I'M VERY, VERY SORRY TO HEAR THAT ANYBODY WAS KILLED. THAT'S DREADFUL. THAT'S TERRIBLE." MONDAY MORNING, BEAUFORT COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THEY FOUND AN ALLIGATOR GUARDING A WOMAN'S BODY NEAR A POND IN THE 55 AND OLDER COMMUNITY OF SUN CITY. (WALLS) I THINK A LOT OF US HAVE SEEN MANY ALLIGATORS AND PERHAPS WE'VE BECOME JUST ALMOST COMPLACENT." (HAMILTON) "BUT THERE ARE SO MANY WARNINGS. AND WE'RE ALWAYS BEING TOLD TO LOOK OUT. YOU KNOW BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU GO. PARTICULARLY IF SOMEBODY'S WALKING A DOG OR WHATEVER." DEPUTIES SAY IT TOOK THEM TWO HOURS TO RECOVER THE BODY. <> "WHEN WE RESPONDED THAT'S WHAT WE OBSERVED. THAT THE ALLIGATOR WAS BASICALLY HOLDING HER HOSTAGE, I GUESS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE APPROPRIATE TERM WOULD BE. BUT WAS GUARDING HER AND DID NOT WANT PEOPLE CLOSE BY." OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WE'VE SEEN THE REPTILES ROAMING AROUND HILTON HEAD AND BEAUFORT COUNTY. AND OVER THREE YEARS AGO A GATOR ATTACKED A WOMAN IN SUN CITY. DEPUTIES SAY SHE WAS WALKING HER DOG WHEN IT ATTACKED. DISPATCH: "ENGINE 334 RESPOND FOR AN ALLIGATOR BITE. 14 LANDING LANE IN SUN CITY." (VIENS) "THE ALLIGATORS CAN SEE YOU BEFORE THEY COME OUT OF THE WATER. WHERE YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO OBSERVE THEM." NIKIYA, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE WOMAN? DEPUTIES SAY THEY DO NOT KNOW IF SHE WAS A RESIDENT OF SUN CITY OR HOW OLD SHE WAS. THEY ARE WORKING TO IDENTIFY HER