Shark struggles, dies

Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission Officer Christopher Davidson pulls a dead blacktip shark from the Gulf of Mexico Oct. 1. He responded to a call of a 4- to 5-foot shark struggling in shallow water near the 2700 block of Gulf Drive North in Bradenton Beach. Davidson and Bradenton Beach police arrived at about noon after the shark died. Islander Photo: Courtesy BBPD Detective Sgt. Lenard Diaz