Jaws II

Earlier today a young local boy was killed while swimming at Village beach in what appears to be an unprovoked shark attack.

Because of his death, the Amity Police have closed the beaches for 24 hours to investigate the situation further.

10-year-old Alex Kintner was last seen floating on a rubber raft around 2 p.m. when the attack occurred. The waters were quickly cleared, and all that remained was a pool of blood and the damaged raft with what appeared to be a large bite out of it.

This incident may be linked to the death of another local teen, 17-year-old Wendy W. Watson, whose mauled body was found washed up on shore on early this morning on. Her cause of death, determined by the coroner’s office, was a shark attack, according to a confidential source.

Watson’s body was found on South beach, only 7 nautical miles south of Village beach where Kintners alleged attack took place.

“We now believe that I may be possible that the Watson death could also maybe have been linked to possible shark activities in the vicinity of Amity,” said Police Chief Martin Brody. “That investigation is ongoing.”

Many citizens, including Sally Quinn a motel owner in the area do not want the beaches to be closed, “24 hours is like three weeks to us,” she said during the special town meeting, where the Mayor and Brody issued the news.

In addition to the beaches being closed, there will also be extra summer help and shark spotters patrolling the beaches.

Ben Quint, a local fisherman, ended the meeting with a proposal to catch the shark for a total of $10,000, and to, “bring back his head, his tail and the whole thing,” he added.