Alex Kintner, 10, died one hour ago while playing with friends in the water off Village Beach. Floating on a yellow raft in the ocean, he was killed during a vicious and unprovoked shark attack.
No other deaths occurred in that hour.
Around 2 P.M., the attack occurred while other children and adults were playing in the water as well. Kintner was the only one a raft. After the attack, beach-viewers stood up and started to point where Kintner's raft was. Children close to the floating blood in the water started to scream.
Police Deputy Jay Hendricks ran to the shoreline as parents and adults pulled children out of the water. While everyone stood ashore, Kintner's mother, Marion Kintner, called out for him. His yellow raft washed up with his blood.
According to witnesses and the chief of police, Kintner's damaged raft appeared to have a large bite taken out of it. It was no longer a floating device when it washed up on shore, but a ruined piece of flexible plastic.
Currently, Marion Kintner is being being treated for shock at Amity General Hospital, where she is in fair condition.
Police Chief Martin Brody said in a press release that the two deaths this morning could be linked.
"We now believe that it may be possible that the Watson death could also maybe have possibly been linked to possible shark activities in the vicinity of Amity," Brody said. "That investigation is ongoing."
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