A shark has washed ashore on a beach in Southampton just days before the Fourth of July holiday. The sighting, a first for many locals, came after a 20-year-old female swimmer was bitten by an unseen creature underwater at the Central Mall beach at Jones Beach State Park on Long Island on Wednesday,

New York State Park officials say a 20-year-old woman was likely attacked by a shark last Wednesday at Jones Beach on Long Island.

A 20-year-old woman was likely bitten by a juvenile sand tiger shark while swimming off a New York beach, officials said. The unidentified woman was waist-deep in the surf at the Central Mall beachfront of Jones Beach State Park when at about 4:15 p.