MESA, AZ — Officials say a man's body was recovered after allegedly going into a lake in Mesa on Saturday.
Police have identified the man as 54-year-old Bradley Perry.
Authorities were called to a lake next to Dobson Library, near Baseline and Dobson roads sometime around 1 p.m.
Witnesses tell Mesa officials they saw Perry go into the lake to retrieve a basketball and he did not come back up.
The search was conducted in the water and on land to locate Perry.
Crews on scene tell ABC15 the water is more than 8 feet deep and they used a “ceiling access tool."
Perry's body was found 80 feet from the location he entered the water.
Authorities say the 54-year-old was known to frequent that area daily.
