Mountain lion roaming Redwood City neighborhood captured in home’s backyard

A mountain lion roaming in a Redwood City neighborhood on Monday morning was shot with a tranquilizing dart by state game wardens.

The Redwood City Police Department sent an alert just before 11 a.m., saying officers were helping California Department of Fish and Wildlife officers in the area of Madison Avenue and Hudson Street in the city’s Roosevelt neighborhood, near Red Morton Park.

Residents were encouraged to keep their pets indoors as a police drone unit searched the area and located the mountain lion in the backyard of a home on Madison Avenue…

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