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Philadelphia police found a man dead in the Delaware River

In a news release, police said they had received a 911 call that a person was in the river near 3100 S. Front Street just before 2 p.m. on Sunday.

A Philadelphia police vehicle.
A Philadelphia police vehicle. Read moreAlejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer

A 35-year-old man was found dead in the Delaware River Sunday afternoon, Philadelphia police said.

In a news release, police said they had received a 911 call that a person was in the river near 3100 S. Front Street just before 2 p.m.

Police said that the department’s marine unit recovered a 35-year-old man in the water. He was pronounced dead at the scene at around 3:30 p.m.

Police did not say how they determined the man’s age and did not provide any additional information on him. An investigation is ongoing, they said.