A moose was found dead from a single gunshot wound Sunday morning in the yard of a Jewel Lake-area home, according to Anchorage police.

At 12:16 a.m. Sunday, police went to Country Brook Circle due to several callers reporting they'd heard gunshots, Anchorage Police Department spokeswoman Renee Oistad said in an email.

Officers found nothing at that time, but a caller provided the license plate of a suspicious vehicle seen in the area, Oistad said.

At 7:22 a.m. police returned to the neighborhood on a follow-up call -- the caller told police there appeared to be a dead moose lying in a yard. Anchorage police and Alaska Wildlife Troopers located the moose, which had died from a single gunshot wound.

A charity took possession of the carcass, Oistad said.

Officers made contact with the owners of the vehicle reported during the phone calls about gunshots, but the suspects cooperated and no evidence linking them to the crime was found, Oistad said.