US tourist paddleboarding in Bahamas killed by shark: police

An American tourist was killed by a shark Monday while paddleboarding in the Bahamas, according to local police. 

Nassau police were notified around 11:15 a.m. about a woman visiting from Boston, Massachusetts, who’d been attacked by a shark. She is believed to be in her 40s. 

Police told reporters that the woman had been paddleboarding with a male relative less than a mile off the western end of New Providence island, where the capital, Nassau, is located, when she was bitten by a shark.