Young Boy Killed in Waters off Village Beach

A 10-year-old boy was killed while playing with friends in the waters off Village Beach, in what the police chief says may have been an unprovoked shark attack.
According to documents released by Amity Police Chief Martin Brody, Alex Ferguson, 10, of Mayfair Court in Amity, was floating on a rubber raft in the water when the alleged attack occurred. His body has not been recovered, but the raft floated ashore with what appeared to be a bite taken out of it.
Witnesses at the beach reported seeing Ferguson pulled under the water several times in rapid succession, his airs flailing. He appeared to be trying to fight whatever was responsible for the attack, before he was ultimately pulled under. The water immediately surrounding where Ferguson disappeared took on the color of blood.
This is the second suspicious death in three days on Amity. On July 1, the mangled body of 16-year-old Wendy Watson was found washed up on the beach. Brody says that it officials now believe the Watson death may also have been linked to possible shark activities, but that the investigation is still ongoing.
Brody has requested that Amity’s beaches be closed due to the incidents. The request will be discussed at a meeting at 5 p.m. tonight in the town hall, along with an offer from a local fisherman, Ben Quint, to hunt down the shark though to be responsible for the attacks.
In a press release, Brody wrote: “I join Mayor Bob Farley in expressing the town’s deepest and most sincere condolences to the Ferguson Family.”
Ferguson’s mother, Marian Ferguson, who was on the beach when her son disappeared, is being treated for shock at Amity Hospital, where she is listed as being in fair condition.