The sudden, violent death of a young boy off the shores of Village Beach has stirred the resort community of Amity Island.
Alex B. Kintner, 10, of Mayfair Court, was brutally attacked and killed this afternoon in what Police Chief Martin Brody called a "vicious and unprovoked shark attack."
Kintner was playing with friends in the waters of Village Beach where witnesses recounted a violent, chaotic scene of screaming beachgoers rushing to the waters to retrieve their children as a pool of blood surfaced in the water.
Kintner's body has not been recovered but the yellow inflatable raft he was playing on floated ashore after the incident, chewed up.
Kintner's mother, Marion Kintner, is currently being treated for shock at Amity General Hospital after witnessing her son's death. She is listed in fair condition. Another unsolved disappearance includes a beloved family dog, a black Labrador named Pippin last seen playing fetch in the water with his owner.
Although investigators are considering that this is the second of what appears to be related shark attacks off the Amity Island beach shores in the last two days, a hungry shark has not yet been confirmed as the perpetrator. The investigation of linking the two cases is ongoing.
At a town hall meeting last night, Mayor Bob Farley, Police Chief Martin Brody, and the Amity Board of Selectmen attempted to placate fears of a frenzied, feeding shark and address a distressed crowd of residents.
Chief Brody assured residents that an expert was coming to participate in the investigation from the Ocean Graphic Institute on the mainland and the department is employing the use of spotters. He also proposed that the beaches be closed for at least 24 hours, banning residents and tourists alike from the waters on July 4.
The Kintner family is offering a reward for $3,000 for the capture of the perpetrator. Local fisherman Ben Quint said the shark would be big enough to "swallow you whole." He proposed to catch and kill the shark for increased reward pay, "I'll find him for $3,000. I'll catch him and kill him for $10,000."
The beaches are to remain open to the public for July 4.
Alex B. Kintner, 10, of Mayfair Court, was brutally attacked and killed this afternoon in what Police Chief Martin Brody called a "vicious and unprovoked shark attack."
Kintner was playing with friends in the waters of Village Beach where witnesses recounted a violent, chaotic scene of screaming beachgoers rushing to the waters to retrieve their children as a pool of blood surfaced in the water.
Kintner's body has not been recovered but the yellow inflatable raft he was playing on floated ashore after the incident, chewed up.
Kintner's mother, Marion Kintner, is currently being treated for shock at Amity General Hospital after witnessing her son's death. She is listed in fair condition. Another unsolved disappearance includes a beloved family dog, a black Labrador named Pippin last seen playing fetch in the water with his owner.
Although investigators are considering that this is the second of what appears to be related shark attacks off the Amity Island beach shores in the last two days, a hungry shark has not yet been confirmed as the perpetrator. The investigation of linking the two cases is ongoing.
At a town hall meeting last night, Mayor Bob Farley, Police Chief Martin Brody, and the Amity Board of Selectmen attempted to placate fears of a frenzied, feeding shark and address a distressed crowd of residents.
Chief Brody assured residents that an expert was coming to participate in the investigation from the Ocean Graphic Institute on the mainland and the department is employing the use of spotters. He also proposed that the beaches be closed for at least 24 hours, banning residents and tourists alike from the waters on July 4.
The Kintner family is offering a reward for $3,000 for the capture of the perpetrator. Local fisherman Ben Quint said the shark would be big enough to "swallow you whole." He proposed to catch and kill the shark for increased reward pay, "I'll find him for $3,000. I'll catch him and kill him for $10,000."
The beaches are to remain open to the public for July 4.
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