Fredericksburg police identify drowning victim

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FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Fredericksburg police have identified a man who drowned while swimming in an old quarry.

Police spokeswoman Natatia L. Bledsoe says 18-year-old Anthony Mandel Johnson Jr. was swimming toward a rope swing with a female friend when he began to struggle in the water.

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