Man swimming near California’s Catalina Island bitten by shark - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports

Man swimming near California’s Catalina Island bitten by shark - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports

California (KCAL, KCBS) — A man swimming off the coast of Catalina Island early Tuesday morning was bitten by a shark. Swimmer Chris Murray, who was visiting from the United Kingdom, was attempting to swim the 20 miles between Catalina Island and the Los Angeles County coast when the shark bit him. “We think it was an over-inquisitive juvenile white shark,” Murray wrote on social media. “My crew were first class in their reaction to the incident…

Swimmer attacked by shark while crossing Southern California's Catalina Channel

LOS ANGELES – A 50-year-old man was attacked by a shark while swimming from Catalina Island to the California coast while attempting to swim the Catalina Crossing in the early hours of Tuesday morning.According to FOX 11 Los Angeles, Chris Murray was swimming alone just off Catalina Island around 1:20 a.m. when he was bitten by what officials believe was a 3-to-4-foot juvenile great white shark near Doctor's Cove.WHERE DO MOST SHARK ATTACKS HAPP…