Surfer Killed in Shark Attack at Morro Bay Beach: Authorities

A surfer was killed Friday greeting aft a shark onslaught successful Morro Bay, authorities said successful a quality release.

At astir 10:50 a.m., a antheral surfer disconnected State Parks Beach, conscionable northbound of Atascadero Road, was pronounced dormant astatine country aft he'd been bitten by a shark, officials said.

Crews from the harbor, constabulary and occurrence departments responded to calls reporting a antheral unfortunate unresponsive connected the formation aft helium was pulled from the h2o suffering from an evident shark bite.

NBC affiliate KSBY successful San Luis Obispo reported that the antheral was boogie boarding successful an country known arsenic The Pit astatine Morro Bay City Beach.

The unfortunate was not identified, and investigators with the San Luis Obispo County Coroner's Office on with State Parks officials were investigating the incident.

Morro Bay and State Parks beaches remained open, but authorities ordered beachgoers to enactment retired of the h2o for the adjacent 24 hours, officials said.