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Dive Team Locates Body Of Man Seen Struggling In Loring Park Pond

UPDATE: The victim was identified Tuesday by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office as 31-year-old Charles William Foreman of Brooklyn Center.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- A dive team found the body of a man who was seen struggling Sunday evening in the pond in Minneapolis' Loring Park.

The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office Water Patrol says crews responded around 8:30 p.m. to a report about a man seen swimming about 100 yards from the shoreline when he started to go under. The dive team was called out less than an hour later.

Loring Park Pond Rescue
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Crews located the man's body in the pond using sonar. A diver later saw the body around 11:30 p.m.

The incident remains under investigation. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Officer will release the man's name.

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