Editors note: The boy was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency medical service crews, not by the Chief of the Metropark Rangers as reported in a previous release.
CLEVELAND – The Coast Guard has ended its seach for a for a boy in Lake Erie near Edgewater Beach, Tuesday afternoon.
The name and hometown of the boy are not being released and there is no Coast Guard imagery available.
The body of the missing boy was recovered by the Cleveland Fire Department. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the emergency medical service crew and taken to MetroHealth Hospital.
At 3:30 p.m., a watchstander at Coast Guard Station Cleveland Harbor, in Cleveland, received notification from a Cleveland Police Officer reporting a missing 15-year-old boy, who was last seen entering the lake at Perkins Beach in Edgewater Park in Cleveland.
A rescue boatcrew aboard a 45-Response Boat-Medium launched from Coast Guard Station Clevleand Harbor and a rescue aircrew aboard an MH65-C Dolphin helicopter launched from Coast Guard Air Station Detroit.