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Man Dies After Being Found In The Bottom Of Gonzalez Pool
July 2, 2024
A man died after being found at the bottom of a pool near Gonzalez Saturday night.
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported drowning at about 8 p.m. Saturday during a pool party at a residence in the 000 block of Flemming Drive.
Deputies said an unknown age male fell into the pool and was still at the bottom when they arrived. They said he had a pulse after CPR but was transported to the hospital where he later died.
His name was not released.
ECSO said foul play is not suspected in the incident.
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14 Responses to “Man Dies After Being Found In The Bottom Of Gonzalez Pool”
First of all, the victim was not from Florida so before you assume or speculate things, he was a Georgia native. Secondly, I agree with a lot of the comments posted that stated why leave him in the pool?
Good group of people who jumped in to help…..
There is something fishy here. That sounds like foul play to me if not murder. I mean who the heck just leaves someone at the bottom of a pool drunk or not. I really hope there were no kids present.
@Se’antee,
Living in a particular location has nothing to do with ability to swim. There are thousands of people who were born and raised in Florida who can’t swim.
I’ve seen similar things in my career in the E M S field. Some folks need their hand held every step of the way, and the large group was there may have been drinking and could not swim. Dang, who in Florida can’t swim???? Perplexes me too.
Horrible! A drunken pool party would be against my better judgement. Bless the victim and family. Very sad.
Unbelievable. Can’t wait to hear the excuses. I really can’t think of one good reason to stand there and watch someone drown. Even if he had been dead for a while you would still pull him out, wouldn’t you?
Excuse me, wouldn’t the fact that people watched another human being dying at the bottom of a pool and not one soul offered help constitute foul play?
Was this “pool party ” attended by people who don’t know how to swim? Kinda what it sounds like…did he get playfully pushed in? Then everyone watch him drown..or was he forcibly pushed in and everyone watched him drown?
I also wonder why no one pulled him out of the pool after calling 911.What if this had been a small child. Would you also fail to get a child out of a pool. Yes, we all are left wondering.
Sounds like negligent homicide to me.
Bewildered, You expressed the things I was thinking. Needs more clarity.
How many people were at that party? None of them thought of pulling the person out of the water while waiting for first responders? Poor guy- he still had a heart beat when ESCO got there. Getting rescued 5 or ten minutes earlier might have saved his life
Makes no sense. In a drowning time is of the essence! What did the party participants do? Have another beer while waiting for EMS instead of pulling him up ?