Cape Cod Shark Attack Kills 26-Year-Old Revere Man

WELLFLEET, MA — A 26-year-old Revere man has become the first shark attack fatality in Massachusetts in more than eight decades. Arthur Medici died Saturday after being bitten by a shark off Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet.

Beachgoers attempted to tend to Medici after he was brought to the shore by a friend. First responders arrived and took him to Cape Cod Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The beach was closed to swimming.

Joe Booth, a local fisherman and surfer, told The Associated Press Medici was attacked while boogie boarding with a friend. The friend pulled Medici back to the shore.

There had not been a fatal shark attack in the state since 1936, when a 16-year-old was killed in the waters off Mattapoisett.

A 61-year-old New York survived an attack in August in the waters off Truro. William Lytton, who was severely injured, is still recovering in a Boston hospital. That attack was the first in Massachusetts waters since 2012.

There have been numerous beach closings this summer as reports of shark sightings spiked.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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