Alex B. Kintner, 10, of Mayfair Court, Amnity was killed while floating on a rubber raft with a group of friends. The attack happened at approximatly 2 p.m.
This is the second attack that has happened in the water. Early this morning, Wendy Watson, was killed, her body found mangled after washing up on shore.
A large group of people on the beach witnessed the attack, including Alex's mother, Marion Kintner, and police chief, Martin Brody.
Mrs. Kintner, was taken to Amnity General Hospital and treated for shock, she is in fair condition.
Chief Brody is still unsure of what caused both deaths and say's it's to early to label the causes of either death. "I've been at this job for a long long time and I've seen some pretty bizarre things. It could be possible that people were hiding underwater. We have had trouble with people coming over from Nantucket and causing trouble.
A special meeting has been called by Mayor Bob Farley, Brody, and the town selectman tonight.
Although a shark attack is not being cited as the definite perpetrator, Chief Brody will be asking the selectman to shut the beach down at the meeting and Ben Quint, a veteran fisherman in the Amnity region, will be offering to hunt down a shark which he believes is the murderer.
This is a complete three-sixty from what the city was planning to do earlier when Brody stressed that the beach should stay open. "After the unfortunate incident with the young Watkins girl we had no idea what happened and no real reason to close the beach, hindsight is 20/20 but I'm not going to blame anyone for the tragedy that occurred."
Mayor Farley was somber when talking about how the attacks affected Amnity. "Now we know that these random acts of senseless violence, victimizing innocent, helpless citizens, do not just happen in the city."
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