WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A man found unresponsive while freediving in the waters just north of Key West has been identified.
The Monroe County Sheriff's Office said 55-year-old Andrew Wilson Velo, of Port St. Lucie, died on Thursday.
The sheriff’s office said the incident occurred at around 12:30 p.m. that day.
The sheriff’s office said foul play does not appear to be a factor and autopsy results are pending.
Freediving and spear-fishing are common in South Florida.
Virgil Price, 39, of West Palm Beach disappeared Sunday while freediving near a World War II-era shipwreck.
According to a post on the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office Facebook page, Price was freediving in the area of the Halsey shipwreck, about 13 miles southeast of the Fort Pierce Inlet, and never resurfaced.
