Midnight swim results in drowning at Lakewood’s Harry Todd Park

A 27-year-old man has died after being pulled out of American Lake early Saturday morning.

At about 12:45 a.m. police and firefighters responded to a 911 call about a possible drowning at Harry Todd Park in Lakewood.

Leuma Keke was swimming with friends just after midnight when he disappeared under the water. It took West Pierce County Fire and Rescue crews and Lakewood police officers three minutes to find him once they arrived on the scene.

They performed CPR on Keke and rushed him to the hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

This is the second drowning this year in Lakewood.