A 32-year-old Ventura County man who had been reported missing earlier this week has died, authorities announced Sunday.
Niko Nakamura was last seen on Feb. 8 in the Midtown area of Ventura, according to the Ventura Police Department .
The 32-year-old, who was described as 5 feet 11 inches tall, weighing around 185 pounds, had last been seen wearing a black hoodie, sweatpants and checkered Vans shoes.
At 7 a.m. on Sunday, crews with the Ventura Fire Department were dispatched to a report of a person not breathing.
“Firefighters arrived within 6 minutes of dispatch and quickly realized this was an ocean rescue with a confirmed victim under water and ordered a regional ocean rescue response,” police said .
In a multiagency operation, nine rescue swimmers performed a grid search where the victim was thought to be.
The victim, later identified as Nakamura, was found just an hour after the search was launched.
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Paramedics began advance life support measures and rushed the 32-year-old to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.