( CNN ) -- A surfer died Tuesday after a shark bit him off the coast of a Southern California air force base , authorities said . Francisco Javier Solorio Jr. , 39 , was riding waves Tuesday morning with three friends when he was bitten , according to Santa Barbara Sheriff 's Office . One of the friends saw the attack , swam over and pulled Solorio out of the water and onto the beach , Sgt . Mark Williams with the sheriff 's office said . The friend gave him first aid while another called for help , he said . Paramedics pronounced Solorio dead at the scene , the sheriff 's office said . The four friends were surfing at Surf Beach , located on the Vandenberg Air Force Base , whose fire department responded to the emergency call , authorities said . Solorio , who was from Orcutt , just two miles from Vandenberg , was n't affiliated with the military base , said a Vandenberg spokeswoman . Authorities say the surf board showed bite marks , the military base said . The type of shark had n't been identified as of Tuesday afternoon , and that base beach was closed until further notice , authorities said . On October 22 , 2010 -- a day short of a two-year anniversary -- another shark attack killed a 19-year-old college student off the same beach at Vandenberg . That shark , described as being 14 to 20 feet , bit off the left leg of Lucas McKaine Ransom of Romoland , California , while he was Boogie Boarding with a 20-year-old male friend , authorities said . Ransom was a junior at University of California at Santa Barbara and was majoring in chemical engineering . Surf Beach is one of three that sit on the coastal military base and is the only one open to the public , a military spokesman said Tuesday . Opinion : Even after attacks , sharks need protection .
NEW : The victim is identified as 39-year-old Francisco Javier Solorio . A MAN REPORTED that his home in the 5300 block of North Sawyer Avenue was burglarized between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, according to 16th (Jefferson Park) One notices a shark attack his friend . The victim was n't affiliated with the military base , a spokesman says .