(WXYZ) — The U.S. Coast Guard has recovered the body of the missing man believed to have fallen into the Detroit River overnight.
The Coast Guard's dive team was dispatched around 12:15 a.m. this morning.
7 Action News reporter Matt Smith confirmed with close friends the identity of the man. He was 33-year-old Andre Thomas. Friends say he was on a boat returning from Chene Park when he accidentally stepped off the sea wall.
JUST IN: Close friends identify Andre Thomas, 33, as the man who drowned at the Erma Henderson Marina in Detroit — he was returning from Chene Park... this is him on the boat one day prior. He stepped off the sea wall accidentally. Update coming shortly on @wxyzdetroit. pic.twitter.com/CsLKcAj1cK
— Matthew Smith (@MattSmithWXYZ) June 27, 2019
JUST IN: Ambulance arrives, family members walk away crying — signs of a possible recovering of the man... no official word. We will update on @wxyzdetroit as we learn more, man went into Detroit River more than 5 hour ago. Did not resurface. pic.twitter.com/lT4TGGdqdD
— Matthew Smith (@MattSmithWXYZ) June 27, 2019
NEW THIS MORNING: A 35-year-old man falls into the Detroit River and goes missing overnight -- a dive team has looked for him all night, so far he's not been found. Search began around 12:25a. I'm at the Erma Henderson marina with the latest on @wxyzdetroit at 5a. pic.twitter.com/C17IhRpFFt
— Matthew Smith (@MattSmithWXYZ) June 27, 2019
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