LOS ANGELES – A 50-year-old man pulled from the lake at the Earvin “Magic” Johnson Recreation Area in Willowbrook was identified Friday by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s office.

County fire department personnel responded to a report of a possible drowning around 9:10 a.m. Thursday and discovered Ruben Fajardo in the lake at 905 El Segundo Blvd., authorities said.

KTLA5 reported that firefighters in a boat were seen retrieving Fajardo about 30 minutes after being dispatched to the lake.

The medical examiner will determine how Fajardo died.

Activists are calling on county officials to increase safety measures at the park, and particularly at South Lake, as the body of water is commonly known.

The County is being asked to install additional warning signs and increase surveilla

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