Tampa police are investigating after a body was found in a retention pond on West Shore Boulevard on Monday.
Police were summoned to the 2200 block of N West Shore Boulevard about 10:30 a.m. after a report “of a subject in the water,” according to a news release.
Police said the department’s dive team later found a body in the pond.
Police said they are working to identify the person and notify next of kin. The Medical Examiner’s Office will determine the person’s cause of death.
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The neighborhood where the body was found is in an upscale part of South Tampa, behind several large and expensive homes. A canal that begins on the eastern edge of Tampa Bay runs through the area, beneath West Shore Boulevard and behind several houses along San Miguel and San Rafael Streets. It is in the heart of what police call “The Champagne District.”
No other details were immediately released.