Drowned fisherman identified, from Lawrence

A man who drowned at Lake Shawnee in Topeka has been identified as a Lawrence resident.

The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Department said Eric Cruce, 34, was fishing at the lake Monday morning when he fell in the water and drowned.

Other fishermen at the lake pulled Cruce from the water and performed CPR until paramedics arrived, but he died at the scene.