YOU SAID:
I killed a bear when I was seven.
INTO JAPANESE
私は7歳の時にクマを殺した。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I killed a bear when I was seven years old.
INTO JAPANESE
私は7歳の時にクマを殺しました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I killed a bear when I was seven years old.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.