Authorities have found the body of a man who drowned in Tempe Town Lake Monday evening, according to spokespeople for the city’s public safety departments.
The unidentified man’s body floated to the surface around 7 a.m. Tuesday, just before a Tempe Fire Medical Rescue Department team was about to perform a “recovery operation.”
The team “conducted three dive operations” Monday evening in an attempt to rescue the man but were unable to find him, according to an internal memo from the Tempe Fire Department.
Mesa and Phoenix fire departments also joined Tempe Monday night in their unsuccessful search for the man.
Witnesses called emergency services after seeing the man swimming from the north shore of the lake to the south shore.
First responders don’t know where he entered the water, but Tempe police spokesman Ryan Cook said witnesses saw the man swim about two-thirds of the way across the lake before disappearing beneath the surface.
It is unclear why the man entered Town Lake or who he is. Cook said more information will become available once Tempe contacts the deceased person’s family and police complete their investigation into the incident.
Reporter Sam Kmack covers Tempe, Scottsdale and Chandler. Follow him on X @KmackSam or reach him up sam.kmack@arizonarepublic.com.
This article originally appeared in the Arizona Republic: Body surfaces drown in Tempe Town Lake
