Amity- A sign reading “Reward: $3,000 bounty to the man or men who catch and kill that shark that killed Alex Kintner” hung on the wall outside of a special held last night to discuss future actions in response of the recent tragedies at two Amity beaches.
Amity Mayor Larry Vaughn and Police Chief Martin Brody met with the Amity Board of Selectmen at Town Hall at 6 p.m. last night to establish the next steps to be taken after two beach goers were killed by a shark.
“We’re going to put extra summer deputies and shark spotters on the beach,” Brody said to the assembled audience.
Brody continued by adding that Oceanographic Institute experts will be coming to Amity to further address the two deaths that took place yesterday.
Christine Watson, 17, a senior at Amity High School, was last seen at a beach party Sunday night with Christopher Hoggenbottam, former island resident, before her body was found washed onto the shore of South Beach early Monday morning.
Later that afternoon, Alex Kintner, 10, of Mayfair Court was playing in the water with his friends when he became a victim of what appeared to be an unprovoked shark attack. The body has not been recovered, but Alex Kintner’s damaged raft washed ashore and appears to have a large bite taken out of it.
Ben Quint, local fisherman, commanded the attention of the room by scrapping his fingers nails on the chalkboard to gain the audience’s attention.
“It’s not gonna be pleasant,” Quint said, after he offered to find and kill the shark for a $10,000 reward.
“For that you get the head, the tail; the whole damn thing.”
“I don’t want no volunteers,” Quint said, making it clear he prefers to work alone.
The mayor later responded that the town of Amity would contribute $7,000 to the $3,000 reward set by Marion Kintner for the capture and kill of the accused shark.
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