An Iowa City man died last Wednesday after drowning in Lake Macbride.

The Joint Emergency Communications Center (JECC) received a 911 call at 1:14 p.m. from a witness at the Lake Macbride Beach reporting seeing an individual in the beach area struggling to swim and then disappearing under the water. The Solon Fire Department, North Liberty Fire Department, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, Johnson County Ambulance Service, Johnson County Metro Dive Team, and Johnson County Emergency Management immediately responded and deployed boats to begin a search operation.

The body of 20 year old Yonathan Rivera-Brito of Iowa City, was recovered by the Johnson County Metro Dive Team at 2:55 p.m. and he was transported to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics for autopsy by the Johnson County Medical Examiner.