GASTONIA, N.C. — Rankin Lake Park in Gastonia is closed after a 28-year-old man was found dead in the lake, officials report.
The Gastonia Police Department was called to the lake for a report of a possible death just before 8 a.m. When officers got to the park, they found a body in the water and recovered the victim from the lake. The person who died was identified as 28-year-old Deontre Lashard Dameron, of Gastonia.
An autopsy to determine Dameron's cause of death is scheduled. Any person with information about this death is asked to call Gastonia police at 704-866-6885.
Rankin Lake was is a man-made body of water that opened in 1922 on 242 acres of land owned by the City of Gastonia. Rankin Lake Park opens at 7 a.m. and closes at sunset daily.
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