Investigation underway after 20-year-old Miss. man drowns in apartment complex pond


A swimming incident is under investigation in Tunica County, Mississippi. Police said a man was swimming in a pond when he went under and never came back up.

It’s a tragedy that impacts hundreds of families a year.

The Tunica County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after the body of a young man was found in a pond at the Cypress Lakes Apartments in Robinsonville. People at the apartment complex said they often swim in that pond. They said the man got in the pond then started calling for help.

The sheriff’s office said when they were called to the scene Saturday, they immediately began searching the pond and found the body of 20-year-old J.W. Ransom II of Quitman County.

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