PHOENIX — A man is dead after he drowned in a pool in Buckeye on Memorial Day.
The Buckeye Police Department said officers responded to a home in the Blue Horizon neighborhood around 6:30 p.m. regarding a man found floating in a backyard pool.
When officers arrived, they found a woman holding the man’s head above the water in the shallow end of the pool.
The woman told police she found him floating in the pool when she woke from a nap.
Officers put the man on the pool deck and began CPR until Buckeye Fire arrived and took over.
The man was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Buckeye police detectives have taken over the investigation.
At this point foul play is not suspected.
Impairment may have been a factor.
This is a developing situation. Stay tuned to 12 News for the latest.
