A 63-year-old man is the victim of an apparent drowning in a backyard pool on the north side of Hutchinson. The victim has been identified as Gerald Alfier.

His wife came home around 6:15 p-m, to their home at the 3002 block of Garden Grove. According to Dustin Hendrickson, one of the manager’s of a nearby Pizza Hut, the victims wife found him face down in the pool. She was on the phone with 911 dispatch as she yelled for help. He says he went inside and grabbed as many of his co-workers as possible. They went behind the home and pulled the victim out of the water and began CPR. An off duty paramedic also stopped by and then took over. He continued CPR until city fire and Reno County EMS arrived, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to Police Sgt. Josh Radloff, the body was to be taken to the Sedgwick County Forensic Science Center for a possible autopsy to determine the exact cause of death.