UPDATE: Body discovered in Roanoke County near Niagara Dam Tuesday, officials say

UPDATE 1:15 p.m.: Roanoke Fire-EMS says its swiftwater team is assisting the Roanoke County police officers and first responders to recover the dead body found at Niagara Dam Tuesday morning.

Roanoke Fire-EMS’s#SwiftWater Team is assisting @RoCoPD and @RoCoFireRescue with a body recovery operation at Niagara Dam. pic.twitter.com/iogFJvcv1K

— Roanoke Fire-EMS (@RoanokeFireEMS) January 26, 2021

A body was found along the Roanoke River near the Niagra Dam. We arrived as multiple agencies were leaving the scene. This is an ongoing investigation. More tonight on @WFXRnews at 6:30 and First at 10. pic.twitter.com/qMgrS4A35Q

— Parker King (@King_Reports) January 26, 2021

First responders from Roanoke County, Roanoke City, and the U.S. Park Service all assisted in recovering the body.

ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) — Police are investigating after a body was found close to Niagara Dam in Roanoke County Tuesday morning.

According to a Roanoke County spokesperson, the body was discovered in the water near Niagara Dam — which is southeast of Vinton near Shelbourne Avenue — at approximately 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 26.

Officials say the body will be brought to the Medical Examiner’s Office in order to be identified.

This investigation is ongoing at this time.