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Man Found Dead in Prospect Park Lake, Police Say

By Aidan Gardiner | August 20, 2015 8:19am

BROOKLYN — A man was found dead in Prospect Park Lake Wednesday afternoon, police said.

Abu Ghanan Khalid, 47, of Flatbush, was seen floating in the water about 5:30 p.m. He was found by two women who'd rented a paddle boat, an NYPD spokesman said.

They reported Khalid to the boathouse staff, who in turn called police, the spokesman said.

Khalid was pronounced dead on the scene, police said.

It was not immediately clear how he died or why he was in the lake.

The city's medical examiner's office will determine his cause of death, police said.