NBC 7 Erika Cervantes reports on the discovery of a man floating in the ocean water and the recovery of his body.
A man's body was found floating in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Imperial Beach, Calif. Friday evening, San Diego County Sheriff's Department confirmed.
Deputies were called to near Border Field State Park, the area just north of the U.S.-Mexico border at 5:30 p.m. to assist U.S. Border Patrol agents with a body spotted floating in the ocean.
San Diego Fire-Rescue crews pronounced the man dead at 6:06 p.m., deputies said.
The unidentified man was removed from the scene by the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office whose staff will notify the next of kin.
No other information was available.
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