A swimmer has died after being pulled from the water Wednesday near Rainbow Beach on the South Side.
Divers went into the lake about 9:15 p.m. at 3111 E. 77th St. to look for the 26-year-old man, according to the Chicago Police and Fire departments. Friends said they lost sight of him as he was swimming.
Dante Tripp, 27, was pulled to the shore by divers after a helicopter assisting in the search spotted him in the water, the fire department and Cook County medical examiner’s office said.
He was taken to Trinity Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:09 a.m. Thursday, authorities said. Tripp lived in the West Town neighborhood.
Autopsy results were pending June 29, the medical examiner’s office said.
