Boise man dies a day after dive team pulls him from Parkcenter Pond

The Boise Fire Dive Team retrieved a man from Parkcenter Pond on Thursday evening after witnesses said he had been underwater for about 28 minutes, but the Ada County coroner reported that 31-year-old Jesse Rios died Friday at St. Luke’s in Boise.

Crews responded to the scene at 8:55 p.m. Thursday when two witnesses said a man, later identified as Rios, went under and did not surface near the east end of the pond. The dive team located the man nearly a half-hour after the last time a witness reported seeing him in the water, according to a news release from the Boise Fire Department.

CPR was initiated after the man was pulled from the water, and he was transported to St. Luke’s.

The coroner reported that the case is being investigated as a drowning, but toxicology results are pending, so the official cause and manner of his death have not been determined.

This story was originally published July 26, 2019 at 6:52 AM.