An emergency meeting was held last night at 6 p.m. in Town Hall to discuss the plans for the beaches for the week of July 4. The Police Chief Martin Brody admitted to closing the beach during the islands busiest time of year.
Upon the announcement of the closing of the beaches the community turned uproar. At which time Mayor Larry Vaughnn clarified the situation, leaving the beaches closed for 24 hours. Within the uproar residents voices could be heard, “that’s like three weeks,” said one disgruntled resident.
Yesterday police received a report of a girl, Christine W. Watson, gone missing, shortly after her body was found mauled along the beach. Later that same day Alex B. Kintner, a 10 year-old boy died at what appeared to be an unprovoked shark attack, leading people to believe the two incidents were connected.
Prior to the meeting residents crowded around posters in town hall that read, “A $3,000 Bounty to the man or men who catch and kill the shark that killed Alex Kintner.”
After a sudden halt in the conversation, due to nails scraping the chalkboard A local fisherman, Ben Quinn wanted to make himself heard. Quinn said that he would be willing to offer his services to capture the shark by himself, “for 3,000 I’ll find the shark but that’s not enough,” said Quinn, “$10,000 for me by myself for that you get the head, the tail, the whole damn thing.”
According to Mayor Vaughnn, if Ben Quinn can dispose of the shark, Marion Kintner will supply the $3,000 bounty and the city will put together the other $7,000.
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