Police said that one person is dead after witnesses reported a struggling swimmer early Saturday in Fort Lauderdale's New River.
Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue said they responded at around 2:40 a.m. to 20 West Las Olas Boulevard to "search for someone who witnesses said was struggling to swim in the New River." The scene is just behind The Wharf in downtown Fort Lauderdale.
Watch NBC6 free wherever you are

The fire department said crews searched the water for over an hour with divers, fire boats, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Broward Sheriff's Office helicopter, but they were unable to find anyone.
The search was turned over to the Fort Lauderdale Police Department (FLPD), who said divers found a body.
Get local news you need to know to start your day with NBC 6's News Headlines newsletter.

"FLPD’s dive team located a body a short time later and it is believed to be the missing swimmer," police said. "However, a death investigation will be initiated and this will be confirmed as the investigation continues."
According to police, witnesses said a man was in distress in the water, and at least one good Samaritan jumped in and tried to save him, but "lost visual before they could make contact."
Several witnesses reacted to the incident.
Local
"That’s just terrible, that’s terrible," said Jarret Willey who lives nearby.
"I think it's terrible, I think it's sad," Melissa Butler said.
A group of visitors from New York who were staying in a hotel that overlooked the area said they saw what looked to be "a body bag" and "probably like 25 cops kind of hanging out, talking, bunch of police vehicles."
They taped off the entire area around the 9/11memorial and we saw a body bag or a bag. It was a body bag," Anthony Casio said.
As the investigations continues, many are questioning how or why the man was in the water.
"They’ve been doing construction and so these gates have been going up and going down, and so there’s some sections where you can just walk into the river and not even know, and I’ve seen people almost walk in there you know," Willey said.
I walk down to walk my dog and you just see all the young people around here having such a blast, and to think that someone’s not going home is horrific," Butler said.
The identity of the deceased person has not been revealed.