EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. - The family of the two young men involved in Saturday s mountain lion attack near Georgetown have released updated information. Taylen Robert Claude Brooks, 21, was killed, and his brother Wyatt Jay Charles Brooks, 18, was severely injured. The following is from the Brooks/Welsh Family and Wyatt:
Two brothers who were attacked by a mountain lion Saturday about 100 miles north of Sonora fought for their lives against the 90-pound male cat, but one died and the
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"We are all devastated by the tragic loss of Taylen yet thankful Wyatt is still with us and are well-aware the outcome could have been even worse," a family statement reads.