Fisherman, 19, recovered from Dallas' Mountain Creek Lake identified

The body of a 19-year-old fisherman recovered from Mountain Creek Lake has been identified.

Rescuers with the Dallas Police Department and Dallas Fire-Rescue Department began searching for the missing man on Sunday afternoon after someone called 911 and reported a man had been pulled under the water.

Police said the man, identified by the Dallas County Medical Examiner's Office as Gavin Gai Phommachack, was fishing with his father near the Mountain Creek Lake Dam, near South Merrifield Road and Keeneland Parkway, at about 4:15 p.m. Sunday when he went under and never resurfaced.

First responders searched near the spillway using boats, sonar equipment, and drones, but after several hours without locating the man they were forced to suspend the search for the evening.

On Monday morning, divers with the Dallas police returned to the water and soon found the man's body.

The medical examiner's office verified the man's identity but has not yet confirmed his cause of death.