Film director killed in New Zealand shark attack

February 28, 2013 00:50

An award-winning short-film director was killed Wednesday by a "huge" shark off New Zealand in a bloody attack being blamed on a great white.

Police Inspector Shawn Rutene said in a statement that the swimmer, identified by his family as Adam Strange, was about 220 yards offshore when the shark attacked. He said police in inflatable lifesaving boats shot at the shark, which they estimated was 12 to 14 feet long.

"It rolled over and disappeared," Rutene said.

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