OTTAWA COUNTY, MI - Police identified Natanael Escobar, 7, of Grand Rapids, as the boy who drowned Sunday, July 24, after helping a friend who was struggling in the water at Crockery Lake.

The boy was found by divers about an hour after he went under the water.

The drowning happened around 4:40 p.m. while the boy took part in a church group outing at Grose Park in Chester Township.

He was playing in a marked swimming area with two other children, 8 and 11, when the older child began to struggle.

Natanael went to help the other child to safety but then went underwater and did not surface, sheriff's Sgt. Jay Douglas said.

Others at the park immediately started searching for the boy. About an hour later, divers found the child's body in 12 feet of water.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.