On Wednesday morning, a man who jumped into an artificial lake at SoFi Stadium died. Los Angeles Rams and Chargers, officials said.
A 45-year-old man reportedly broke into the grounds of Inglewood Stadium, California, at about 6 am, stepped into a 15-foot-deep lake, swam in the center, and again. It never surfaced. Mayor James Butts said at a press conference.
The unidentified man first jumped over the fence to access the stadium parking lot.
A stadium guard found a man in surveillance footage and reported it to the police, but rescue operations soon turned into a corpse recovery mission.
A diverfrom the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office has recovered a male bodyfrom the lake more than three hours later.
Officials do not know why the man was in the stadium or why he went into the water, Butts said.
The mayor added that he believed he had nothing to do at SoFi Stadium to prevent tragedy.
"This is Someone who broke into the premises and made a conscious decision to enter the lake was in pain and difficulty, so I don't think SoFi could prevent this, "Bats said. Says.
