Crime & Safety

Person In Critical Condition Pulled From Lake At Magic Johnson Park

Crews responded to the park in the Willowbrook area due to reports of a man jumping into the lake and never emerging.

LOS ANGELES, CA — Search crews who responded to Magic Johnson Park in the Willowbrook area on a report that a man had jumped into the lake but did not emerge pulled a person from the water Monday in critical condition.

Firefighters and a dive team were sent to the 900 block of East El Segundo Boulevard at 12:39 p.m., according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

Fire officials subsequently said that a body had been pulled from the water, but later said the person was in critical condition and being taken to a hospital.

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Information on the person's identity was not immediately available.

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