BELMAR, New Jersey (WABC) -- A teenager has died after going missing in the ocean in Belmar, New Jersey, on Friday.

Police said around 6:30 p.m., police received 911 calls of a swimmer in distress at 8th Avenue beach.

When police arrived, they were told one subject was out of the water but another juvenile swimmer was missing.

Around 7:30 p.m. the 13-year-old victim was found unresponsive in the water off the 7th Avenue beach.

The victim was removed from the water and life-saving efforts were made by lifeguards, EMS and Hackensack Meridian Paramedics.

The victim was taken to Jersey Shore University Hospital and pronounced dead.

The incident remains under investigation.

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