Police investigating possible drowning after 51-year-old woman dies at Shawnee pool
Update: The victim has been identified as 51-year-old Marcha A. Caldwell of Grandview, police said on Thursday.
A woman died Wednesday night after she was found unresponsive in a Shawnee pool, according to police.
Officers responded around 7 p.m. to a residence in the 6400 block of Mullen Road where the 51-year-old woman was found unresponsive in a pool, Maj. Jim Baker, a spokesman for the Shawnee Police Department, said in a news release.
Shawnee police and fire officials and Johnson County emergency medical responders performed life-saving measures, but the woman died, Baker said.
Witnesses told police they were swimming in the pool and noticed the woman, who was a visitor at the residence, had gone under water, Baker said.
Police are investigating the incident as a possible drowning.
This story was originally published August 11, 2022 at 7:52 AM.
