18-year-old missing Bronx student found dead in Breezy Point
18-year-old Brandon Figueroa went missing in the water after going swimming at Rockaway Beach on May 19.
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An 18‑year‑old Bronx student who went missing while swimming off Rockaway Beach last month was found dead nearly two weeks later in Breezy Point, according to his family.
The victim was identified as Brandon Figueroa, an 18‑year‑old senior at the Urban Assembly Bronx Academy of Letters.
Police say the initial 911 call came in around 5:20 p.m. on Tuesday, May 19, reporting a drowning near Beach 73rd Street and Shore Front Parkway in Queens.
Responding officers searched the area but were unable to locate a victim.
On Saturday, May 30, police were called to Rockaway Point Boulevard and Beach 222nd St in Breezy Point, where officers discovered an unconscious and unresponsive male along the shoreline.
The NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit removed him from the water, and EMS pronounced him dead at the scene.
Figueroa's mother wrote on GoFundMe that her son’s body had been recovered.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death.
Police say the investigation remains ongoing.
Figueroa had been missing since May 19, when he disappeared while swimming off Rockaway Beach.
