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Anderson man drowns in Shadyside Lake

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ANDERSON — A 24-year-old man died Saturday after drowning in Shadyside Lake.

Anderson Police say Michael McCrory, 24, was attempting to swim across the lake around 4:15 p.m. Witnesses told police McCrory began to struggle and yelled that he was tangled in something.

McCrory went under the water and his body was later recovered by authorities just before 7 p.m.

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says McCrory was partially entangled in fishing line.