The vicous shark that was blamed for the deaths of 10-year-old boy, Alex B. Kinter and 17-year-old girl, Christine W. Watson has been caught an killed as of 3 a.m. last night.
Prior to it's capture, Amity Village Police Chief Martin Brody closed the beaches in Amity, and planned to keeop them closed for the Fourth of July.
Local fishman, Ben Quint offerrred to kill the shark himself, however, it would cost the town $10,000, far less than the town would lose in the detriment of deterred tourism.
The fishmen who did in fact catch the shark in the waters one mile southwest of Amity will recieve a $3,000 reward for their heroic efforts.
The shark was determined to be a nurse shark by Matt Hooper. a marine biologist from the Woods Hole, Mass., Oceanographic Institute, who is one of the world's foremost experts on sharks.
Brody warns that islanders and guests should not be alarmed by the presence of shark spotters from the Coast Guard, the Marine Patrol, the Massachusetts State Police, the U.S. Navy, Homeland Security, the FBI, and numerous local municipal and county police agencies in the waters off of our beaches. They are only for safety precaution.
While law enforcement officials urge vigilance on the part of all citizens but believe that the danger of further shark attacks has probably passed.
On the Fourth of July, the beaches were packed but there was no one in the water. The mayor od Amity, Bob Farley was concerned and urged locals to set a good example by entering the water.
Later on, beach goers became comfortable with the bay, this was evident in the sheer number of bathers.
Soon after, flocks of people fleed the bay screaming. Adults were terrified, flipping the floats of young children in an attempt to get out of the water. Shark spotters were even panicked by this sight of a shark fin.
By the time lifeguards had cleared the water it became evident that the alarm was just a hoax by two young boys with a cardboard cut out of a fin.
Brody urges that any true shark sightings should be reported to authorities to the toll-free shark hotline, 1-800-sharksee.
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