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A 49-year-old Edcouch man drowned Sunday afternoon after swimming at Cameron County Beach Access No. 5.
The Cameron County Park Rangers identified him as Matthew J. Shaw.
In a news release, authorities said the Park Rangers were dispatched to one mile north of the beach access at approximately 5:05 p.m. for an unresponsive man who had been pulled from the water.
Park Rangers and Cameron County Beach Patrol personnel immediately initiated life-saving measures.
Shaw was transported to Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville where he was pronounced dead.
The incident remains under investigation.