A black bear that was spotted strolling through a Lawrence neighborhood Monday morning has been safely captured, according to police.

Local police and MassWildlife staff responded to the Tower Hill neighborhood around 11:45 a.m. after residents of Hobson Street spotted the animal, state environmental police spokeswoman Katie Gronendyke said.

According to the Eagle-Tribune, an officer spotted the bear sitting between two boats.

BREAKING #Lawrence Black bear in Tower Hill backyard @EagleTrib Courtesy pic pic.twitter.com/xIXCSYKCyo — Jill Harmacinski (@EagleTribJill) May 22, 2017

Black bear on loose in Lawrence has been tranquilized and captured #LawrenceBear https://t.co/YmHDLcDsKy pic.twitter.com/gO5YzA973Y — Young-Jin Kim (@YKimNBCBoston) May 22, 2017

Quite the scene here in Lawrence as #LawrenceBear gets loaded into Mass Wildlife truck. Put on ice #NBCBoston pic.twitter.com/vCQJUPVmkB — Perry Russom (@PerryNBCBoston) May 22, 2017

Gronendyke said the 1-year-old bear was successfully tranquilized and will be relocated to a rural, forested area.