The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s office late this week released the identity of a teenager who drowned last week while swimming in Lake Lewisville, off the shore of a Highland Village park.
First responders were notified about 4:15 p.m. on July 5 of a possible drowning at Copperas Branch Park. The man was reportedly swimming with friends when he went underwater and didn’t resurface, according to a news release from the city of Highland Village. After several hours of searching, the dive team paused the search around 9 p.m. due to fading daylight. They resumed the search the next morning and recovered the body that afternoon, according to a Lewisville Fire Department spokesman.
The victim has been identified as Joel Gomez-Marcelino, a 19-year-old resident of Dallas, according to the TCME.
This drowning was the third in as many days in Lake Lewisville last week, and was unrelated to drownings on July 3 and July 4.
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