AMITY, MA—The predator in this week’s shark attacks that resulted in the deaths of two Amity youths has been captured.
“The giant killer shark that has been blamed for the two deaths this week was caught and killed in waters one mile south-southwest of Amity,” said Chief of Police Martin P. Brody in a press release issued earlier today.
According to the press release, the 16-foot nurse shark was identified by Matt Hooper, a marine biologist from the Woods Hold Oceanographic Institute.
In addition to capturing the shark, Amity officials ensure vacationers that the beaches are scheduled to reopen, “though armed shark spotters will continue to patrol the waters off the beach.”
Amity residents and vacationers swarmed the beaches immediately after they reopened, although many seemed hesitant to enter the water.
With the persuasion of Mayor Bob Farley himself, one father led his family of five into the water, followed by hundreds of other Amity beach-goers.
Minutes after people began entering the water and it seemed as though the danger of further shark attacks had passed, one swimmer ran screaming from the water after spotting what appeared to be a shark fin.
The water cleared of all swimmers and armed patrol boats surrounded what they thought was the shark. Right as the patrol men were about to take fire, a young boy poked his head out from underneath his rubber boat, the rudder of which was the supposed shark fin.
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