Young boy dies at beach after a supposed Shark Attack

10-year-old Alex B. Kintner died while swimming in the ocean around 2 p.m. today when suddenly it appears he was attacked by a shark. His body has not been recovered but the water was bloody and his raft had a large bite out of it.

Police Chief, Micheal Brody was at the beach when the attack occurred and according to witnesses’ including the chief, Kintner “had been floating on a rubber raft at the crowded Village Beach when an unprovoked vicious shark attack appears to have occurred.”

A sense of panic and fear kicked in once people realized what was happening. Children ran out of the water as parents flocked to make sure everyone was all-right. Brody’s wife recalls her husband as being jumpy and nervous before the attacks happened but she felt that the clear skies and calm water was safe for her children to swim in.

Beach goers seemed quite relaxed before the attack amid speculations of a shark attack happening less than 24 hours. Christine Watson was the victim of an unknown attack last night in what appears to police now as a possible shark attack. Town officials are now saying that “We now believe that it may be possible that the Watson death could also maybe have been linked to possible shark activities in the vicinity of Amity. That investigation is ongoing.”

Brody released a statement an hour after the accident saying, “I join Amity Mayor Bob Farley in expressing the town’s deepest and most sincere condolences to the Kintner family.”

A special meeting will be held at 6 p.m. today at the Town Hall with the mayor, police Chief Martin Brody, and the Amity Board of Selectmen. The topics to be discussed are Chief’s Brody’s plan to close the beaches on July 4^th, the Kintner family reward of $3,000 for capture of the perpetrator and the offer by grizzled old fisherman Ben Quint to hunt down the shark thought to be the vile perpetrator of this tragic incident.

Alex’s mother, Marion Kintner was at the beach when her son was attacked and witnessed the event. She is being treated for shock at Amity General Hospital, where she is in fair condition and expected to be ok. Brody said that there were no other injuries.