Police: Man found dead of apparent drowning in Great South Bay near Babylon
Police say a man was found in
the Great South Bay on Tuesday of an apparent drowning.
Marine Bureau officers
responded to Grass Island, located approximately one mile south of Fire Island
Avenue, at approximately 2:40 p.m. after a 911 call reported someone floating
in one foot of water.
Police say an adult male was
found unresponsive and pulled from the water and pronounced dead.
The man was transported to the
Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner where an autopsy will be
performed to identify the victim.
Detectives are asking anyone
with information to call the Homicide Squad at 631-852-6392.