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Police identify man found near Lady Bird Lake

The Austin Fire Department said it received a water rescue call to the 1000 block of West Cesar Chavez.

AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Police Department (APD) released the identity of the person found dead on West Cesar Chavez Street near Lady Bird Lake on Tuesday afternoon.

APD said at 11:49 a.m. Tuesday that officers were on the scene in the 1000 block of West Cesar Chavez, where they found Mogga Dogale in the water dead.

The Austin Fire Department provided additional context, saying crews received a water rescue call to the area at 10:28 a.m. Crews recovered an "obviously deceased" body, and Dogale was pronounced dead at 10:59 a.m.

Police say the circumstances surrounding the death of the man are still under investigation. However, they are not treating this investigation as a homicide.

No additional information is available at this time.

Dogale's body will now go to the medical examiner's office to determine the cause of death.

This is the fifth time a body has been found in Lady Bird Lake this year.

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