9-year-old boy drowns in Lake Elsinore

A nine-year-old boy has died after drowning in Lake Elsinore Sunday, according to officials.

Riverside County search and rescue crews were on the scene Sunday after receiving calls for a drowning child around 10:30 a.m. According to officials, the 9-year-old boy was swimming with his family, and his family noted that he was having trouble swimming before going underwater. 

RCSD deployed a helicopter and dive team to try and locate the drowning boy. After hours of searching, officials found the boy's body just after 2:30 p.m.

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No other information was immediately available.