Authorities said an Ohio tourist was stung while playing football in knee-deep water on a Florida beach on the Fourth of July.
Authorities said the 21-year-old Ohio man was playing football in knee-deep water. New Smyrna Beach when the shark bit him on the right leg.
Police say the attack happened on Thursday, July 4th at 4pm.
The man suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to hospital for treatment.
The July 4th shark attack came after four people were injured on a Texas beach the same day.
The South Padre Island Police Department and the U.S. Coast Guard’s Atlantic District confirmed to Fox News Digital that four people were injured in an encounter with the marine predator off South Padre Island, on the state’s southern coast.
Police said the attack happened around 11am local time along Beach Access 14, near Wana Wana Beach Bar and Grill.
The 21-year-old man’s shark encounter comes after Florida was recently named the shark capital of the world.
According to the Florida Museum of Natural History’s International Shark Attack File, the highest number of unprovoked shark attacks in the world occurs in Florida, particularly Volusia County, with 351 attacks since 1882.
Fox News Digital’s Ashlyn Messier contributed to this report.
