BABYLON, NY — A 60-year-old man drowned in a backyard swimming pool in Babylon early Tuesday morning, Suffolk County police said.
A family member called 911 after finding David Astarita unresponsive in an above-ground pool in the backyard of his Bacon Lane home at about 6:40 a.m., police said.
Astarita was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police.
Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the death. Police said detectives believe the drowning was non-criminal in nature.
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