Dead man found floating off Alamitos Beach; incident ruled possible accident

A man was found floating in the water off Alamitos Beach early Tuesday and couldn’t be revived by first responders.

Sean Harvell — 33, city of residence unknown — was declared dead at 12:59 a.m. at the scene in the 1500 block of E. Ocean Boulevard, said Ed Winter, assistant chief at the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office. His cause of death is being ruled a possible accident.

Long Beach firefighters were dispatched to the scene at 12:46 a.m. after a person called reporting a person down and possibly drowned, said Brian Fisk, a Long Beach Fire Department spokesman. An unknown person pulled Harvell from the water by the time two firefighters and police arrived.

Harvell was cold from the water and couldn’t be revived despite CPR, Fisk said.

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