Overview
- Phoenix Fire crews found an adult male floating face down in a canal near 23rd Avenue and Indian School Road and he was pronounced dead after being removed from the water.
- The Phoenix Police Department said there were no obvious signs of foul play and that the Office of the Medical Examiner will determine the victim’s identity, cause and manner of death.
- Officials are treating this case as a separate, active investigation even as investigators review several other recoveries and at least one recent bystander-aided rescue across the metro.
- Fire department statements say crews responded at around midnight to reports of a person in the canal, and first responders handled the recovery on scene.
- Neighbors and families are awaiting official identification and results from the medical examiner, and authorities say findings will guide whether any of the incidents are linked or share common causes.