Overview

• First responders were dispatched around 11:30 a.m. after a report of a drowning at the lake in Los Angeles’ Westlake neighborhood.
• Los Angeles Fire Department crews recovered the body from the water, with paramedics pronouncing the person dead at the scene.
• The Los Angeles Police Department and the county medical examiner took over the case by about noon, with the preliminary cause undetermined and no update expected before Tuesday.
• Authorities described the victim as a man estimated to be about 35 years old who has not yet been identified.
• Police said the man was fully clothed, and crews were seen setting up a canopy as investigators processed the scene.