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Panicked shoppers fled a US retail park when a disorientated bear wandered into a department store and ran up and down the aisles, it has emerged. The female black bear had apparently made its way into the Pittsburgh Mills centre through automatic doors. "It darted past several people. They didn't even know it was a bear," shopper Matt Marcinik told local media. The animal was eventually shot with a tranquiliser dart and taken away by Pennsylvania wildlife officials. The bear was taken away by local wildlife officials The young bear, weighing only about 125lb (57kg), growled at customers before getting stuck between double doors. Workers in the Sears department store first alerted shoppers to the bear's presence.