DELAFIELD — A 38-year-old Milwaukee man has died after drowning in Lake Nagawicka in Delafield on Saturday afternoon, according to City of Delafield police.
The City of Delafield Police Department responded to a report of a possible drowning at the Nagawicka County Boat Launch at around 12:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Upon arrival, officers determined that a boat with five people on board had gone out on the lake when one person entered the water at the lake's north end and did not resurface.
Search and rescue teams on seven boats were dispatched throughout the lake.
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"It was pretty choppy out, so we started to come back this way and noticed a bunch of police boats," Aaron Schultz, who was out fishing, recalled.
"We noticed four different police boats, and all had their sirens on. They were spread out, looking like they were trying to find something in the water."
Two hours after the first 911 call, that person, a 38-year-old Milwaukee man, was found and pronounced deceased on the scene.
The City of Delafield Police Department, along with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, is handling the investigation.
Lake Country Fire and Rescue is reminding people that all vessels require a US Coast Guard-approved personal flotation device for each occupant of the vessel.
They add that water conditions can change rapidly and recommend that anyone entering the water wear a personal flotation device.
The link to the GoFundMe can be found by following this link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-the-loss-of-juan-mejia
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