Grizzly bear still on the loose after pulling woman from tent, killing her in Montana; victim identified as nurse from California

A grizzly bear pulled a woman from her tent in a small Montana town in the middle of the night and killed her before fellow campers could use bear spray to force the animal out of the area, wildlife officials said Wednesday.

Leah Davis Lokan, 65, of Chico, California, was on a long-distance bicycling trip and had stopped in the western Montana town of Ovando when she was killed early Tuesday, said Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials as they provided more details about the attack. The attack triggered an intensive search for the bear by wildlife officials and law enforcement officers who planned to kill the animal.