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Man drowns in backyard pool in Buckeye on Memorial Day, police say

Buckeye Police are investigating.

PHOENIX — A man is dead after he drowned in a pool in Buckeye on Memorial Day. 

The Buckeye Police Department said officers responded to a home in the Blue Horizon neighborhood around 6:30 p.m. regarding a man found floating in a backyard pool. 

When officers arrived, they found a woman holding the man’s head above the water in the shallow end of the pool. 

The woman told police she found him floating in the pool when she woke from a nap. 

Officers put the man on the pool deck and began CPR until Buckeye Fire arrived and took over. 

The man was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. 

Buckeye police detectives have taken over the investigation. 

At this point foul play is not suspected. 

Impairment may have been a factor.

This is a developing situation. Stay tuned to 12 News for the latest. 

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