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MCSO: Man drowns at Salt River near Blue Point Bridge

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Deputies with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office are investigating after a man drowned at the Salt River on Monday.

According to MCSO officials, deputies responded to the river near Usery Pass Road around 4 p.m. for a call for service. Once on scene, deputies found the man's body downstream from Blue Point Bridge and Sheep's Crossing.

The man was reportedly underwater for about 15 minutes, deputies said. The man's identity has not yet been released.

Additional information was not immediately available.