BOISE, Idaho — An investigation is currently underway into the reported drowning at Lucky Peak Lake on Sunday afternoon.
According to a tweet from the Ada County Sheriff's office, Marine deputies got a call at around 5:00 pm that a man went into the water by Turner Gulch without a life jacket on and did not resurface.
The man, Rodolfo Gomez Thomas, 33, had jumped into the water without a life preserver after his daughter had flipped over in an innertube and was experiencing a panic attack. The daughter was wearing a life preserver.
Our ACSO marine deputies are investigating a report of a drowning at Lucky Peak this afternoon. Call came in around 5 pm for an adult male on a boat who went in the water w/o a life jacket on and didn’t come back up.
— Ada County Sheriff (@AdaCoSheriff) July 24, 2023
Boise Fire Department and ACSO crews responded but did not find him during the first night of searching. The Ada County Sheriff's Office has a dive team that continues to search for him.
Lucky Peak Lake is just southeast of Boise and had several people drown in its waters last summer.
