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Child Attacked at Beach, Police Begin to Suspect Possible Shark

Another local boy was killed today in what appeared to be a shark attack on Village Beach.

The boy, Alex Kitner, was at the beach with his mother and his friends, and he paddled out onto the ocean on a toy inflatable device.

The beach was at normal occupancy and there were many small children running around playing in the sand.

A man was playing with his dog on the beach, throwing a stick out over the water for him to catch. A woman is reclaiming back in the water, just floating there, relaxing in the Amity beach water.

When Alex’s friends swam out to meet him on his inflatable, there was a flurry of motion and blood that sent the entire beach into a panic.

Mothers and fathers rushed out to grab their kids as the police chief Martin Brody yelled for everyone to get out of the water.

Marion Kitner, Alex’s mother, was reported wandering around the beachfront near the incident, calling out her son’s name. His body has still yet to be recovered.

On the heels of Chrissie Watson, this attack would mark the second of two suspicious deaths possibly linked to sharks today.

Last night, Chrissie Watson, 17, of 23 Sharkstooth St. Amity, was at a beach party were alcohol was involved. There, she met a man identified as Christopher P. Hoggenbottam III, and the two decided to go swimming near the South Beach Shoal buoy.

Upon reaching the beach, Watson was able to get into the water, but after some time Hoggnbottam reported to have passed out on the edge of the beach. “I saw him with a couple of beers,” said Erika Dupervil, a party attendant, when asked about Hogganbottam’s state of intoxication.

When Watson did not return from the water this morning, Hoggenbottam reported the girl missing to Amity Police. After a brief search, police were able to locate a body. There was severe mauling by an “attacker of unknown origin” according to police. Her body has been transported to the coroner’s office for an official autopsy.

The police investigation into whether these incidents are, in fact, shark attacks is still ongoing.

There is a special town meeting planned for tonight at 6 p.m. at the Amity Town Hall, where Chief Brody plans to discuss closing the beaches on July 4, for the safety of all residents and tourists.