LAWRENCE, MASS. (WHDH) - Authorities are investigating after a dead body was pulled from a river in Lawrence on Wednesday, officials said.

Officers responding to a report of a body in the Spicket River around 2 p.m. pulled a dead 44-year-old Hispanic man from the water, according to the Lawrence Police Department.

The man, whose name has not been released, was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics from Lawrence General Hospital.

Police said the man’s death “does not appear suspicious at this time.”

Lawrence police detectives and state troopers assigned to the Essex County District Attorney’s Office are investigating.

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