Harper Ochoa, 8, was bitten in the back of her leg last Saturday while playing in shallow water at a Galveston beach, KWTX reports.

A 8-year-old Central Texas girl is in the hospital after being attacked by a shark over the weekend in Galveston.

An 8-year-old girl screamed in terror as a hulking shark ripped a large chunk of flesh from her body in a bloody attack at a Texas beach over the weekend. Little Harper Ochoa was playing in the shallow waters in Galveston during a family vacation Saturday afternoon when she suddenly felt something grab the back of her leg,