A Locust Point man drowned yesterday afternoon while swimming in the Patapsco River off Hull Street, police said.
Police identified the man as Steven Maylor, 42, of the 1200 block of Hull St.
About 3 p.m., police received a 911 call reporting that a man was swimming in 35 feet of water off a pier at the end of Hull Street and failed to surface, police said.
A city Fire Department communications officer said two city fireboats, a dive-rescue team, firefighters and medics responded.
A short time later, divers pulled Maylor from the river. Medics tried to revive him in the ambulance on the way to the University of Maryland Medical Center, the communications officer said. Maylor was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Lt. Reginald Hendrix, a Southern Police District shift commander, said there were no signs of foul play and that the death was reported as an accidental drowning. An autopsy was to be performed.
Hendrix said Maylor was known to swim off the pier frequently.