Brooklyn Resident Found Dead in Prospect Park Lake

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A mysterious death in Prospect Park Lake on Wednesday afternoon is currently being investigated by the NYPD.

Police say they found the body of Abu Ghanan Khalid, a 47-year-old Ditmas Park resident, floating in the southwest corner of the lake around 5:30 p.m.

Khalid is said to have lived in an apartment building on Westminster Road near the intersection Cortelyou.

His body was brought ashore in the part of the lake nearest to West Drive and the Park Circle roundabout, police say.

When police arrived to the lake on a 911 call, they say they “observed a 47-year-old male who was unconscious and unresponsive with no visible injuries or trauma to the body.”

Khalid was declared dead at the scene.

“The Medical Examiner’s Office will determine the cause of death and the investigation is ongoing,” says an NYPD statement.

New York Daily News reporter Andy Mai said on Twitter that witnesses at the scene told him two female kayakers were the first to discover Khalid’s body on Wednesday.