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Cause Of Death Released For Popular Actor, 50, Who Grew Up In Region Cause Of Death Released For Popular Actor, 50, Who Grew Up In Region
Cause Of Death Released For Popular Actor, 50, Who Grew Up In Region The cause of death has been released for a popular actor who was born and grew up in the region. The death of Alec Musser, age 50, was announced last weekend on Instagram by his fiancée Paige Press, who lived with Musser in Del Mar, California, north of San Diego. According to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Officer, Musser died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. "His fiancée last knew him to be alive on the evening of Friday, Jan. 12 when she had gone to bed," the medical examiner said. "On the morning of Saturday, Jan. 13, she awoke and went to find the decedent seated …

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Shark Attack: Crews Responding To Reports Of 16-Year-Old Bitten Off Fire Island - Developing Shark Attack: Crews Responding To Reports Of 16-Year-Old Bitten Off Fire Island - Developing
Shark Attack: Crews Responding To Reports Of 16-Year-Old Bitten Off Fire Island - Developing New report - Shark Attack: July 4th Beachgoer Hospitalized After New Incident On Long Island Emergency crews are responding to reports that a teenager was bitten by a shark on Long Island. Crews were called at around 5:30 p.m. Monday, July 3, after the 16-year-old boy was reportedly bitten in the leg by a shark off Fire Island, near Kismet Beach. Lifeguards applied a tourniquet to stop the bleeding, according to police radio traffic. The teen’s condition was not immediately available. In late July of last year, a teen, also age 16, was bitten by a shark off Fire Island while surfing…

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by Michael Mashburn
News
Teenage Surfer Bitten By Shark In Brand-New Fire Island Incident Teenage Surfer Bitten By Shark In Brand-New Fire Island Incident
Teenage Surfer Bitten By Shark In Brand-New Fire Island Incident A teenage surfer was bit by a shark on Long Island, the latest of six bites in the past three weeks. The 16-year-old was paddling about 20 yards offshore at Kismet Beach on Fire Island when he was bitten on his right foot around 5:45 p.m., Wednesday, July 20, said the Suffolk County Police.  The surfer suffered a 4-inch laceration but was able to walk out of the water and was taken by Saltaire Fire Rescue to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, police said.  After the bite, Suffolk County Police Aviation responded by…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Montauk Man Drowns At Popular Beach After Being Caught In Rip Current, Police Say. Montauk Man Drowns At Popular Beach After Being Caught In Rip Current, Police Say.
Montauk Man Drowns At Popular Beach After Being Caught In Rip Current, Police Say. A Long Island man drowned minutes after entering the water at a popular beach after being caught in rough conditions and a rip current.  Benjamin Kitburi, age 31, died at Ditch Plains Beach in Montauk, around 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 19. When officers arrived on the scene for a 911 call of a swimmer in distress, they found Kitburi, a resident of Montauk, had entered the surf minutes earlier with two others to take a swim, said Capt. Christopher Anderson, of the East Hampton Police. The three were quickly pulled to deeper water and separated by rough conditions and a strong rip curren…

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by Kathy Reakes