(This story was updated with new information.)
A 24-year-old man was found dead and presumed drowned Aug. 15 in Lake Michigan near South Shore Park, the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
The sheriff’s office said it’s believed the man was at the beach to swim with friends after a night out. When the group returned to shore, the man wasn’t with them. He reportedly was unable to swim or swim well, the sheriff’s office said.
Initially thinking the man stayed in the water as a prank, the group then called 911, at about 5:24 a.m.
Milwaukee emergency crews began conducting a search. Along with the Milwaukee Fire Department dive rescue team, officers from the sheriff’s office, paramedics, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Coast Guard were at the search site.
An investigation into the man’s death and the circumstances before and after his presumed drowning is ongoing, the sheriff’s office said.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: 24-year-old man found dead, presumed drowned, in Lake Michigan at Milwaukee’s South Shore Park
Reporting by Jack Albright, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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