Man died after going into Lake Erie for volleyball; Cleveland first responders scrambled to save him
Updated: Sep. 27, 2019 at 11:32 AM EDT
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Cleveland police and firefighters raced to the end of East 9th Street Wednesday evening after a 24-year-old man went missing in Lake Erie near the volleyball courts at about 10:50 p.m.
A volleyball bounced into the water and the young man jumped in the lake to retrieve the it, according to Cleveland Fire PIO Mike Norman.
At 11:40 p.m., rescue crews pulled the man from the water and began performing CPR, but he died later at MetroHealth Hospital.
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The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner has identified the victim as Sharaf Alhashim.
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