A woman was killed at a Florida golf course by two alligators.

According to officials, an elderly woman was killed

 when two alligators attacked her after she slipped into a pond next to a Florida golf course

About 30 miles south of Sarasota, at the Boca Royale Golf and Country Club

the event happened on Friday just before 8 o'clock.

According to a statement from the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office,

the woman fell into a pond on the course close to her home "and battled to stay afloat."

The two suspect alligators were removed as part of the investigation

by an alligator trapper from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission,according to the sheriff's office.

One of the alligators was 8 feet 10 inches long and the other was 7 feet 7 inches.