Man’s body is found floating in a lake in New York’s Central Park sparking an NYPD investigation
- NYPD recovered a body from the Harlem Meer in Central Park on Sunday
- An investigation into how the man died will be out by the medical examiner
A man’s body was found in a lake in New York’s Central Park on Sunday afternoon.
It was reported to police at around 3.16pm in the Harlem Meer at the very northeast of the park, an NYPD spokesperson said.
When police first responded they discovered that a man was ‘unresponsive and unconscious’ and when EMS crews later arrived they pronounced the man dead.
The spokesperson said an investigation was ongoing and no explanation for his death had been determined.
An investigation into how the man died will be carried out by the Office of the Medical Examiner.
A male body was found in a lake in New York’s Central Park on Sunday afternoon
The unidentified man was seen at the surface of the Harlem Meer on Sunday afternoon
People gather behind a police line as crews work to recover the body from the lake
Police were notified by a visitor to the park that a body was in the Harlem Meer. When police first responded they found an ‘unresponsive and unconscious’ man
When EMS crews later arrived they pronounced the man dead at the scene
Last year just a stone’s throw away from Harlem Meer a fully-clothed body was pulled from a Central Park pond.
This is a developing story.
