AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police officers are responding to reports of a body found in downtown Saturday after a water rescue call overnight.

Shortly after noon Saturday, the Austin Police Department said officers were investigating after a person was found dead near the intersection of San Antonio Street and Cesar Chavez Street.

First responders conducted a water rescue overnight after reports of people getting washed downstream off Burnet Road. Austin-Travis County EMS medics responded to the water rescue call near the 5200 block of Burnet Road. APD said the call came in around 12:40 a.m. Saturday.

ATCEMS said multiple agencies, including Travis County STAR Flight, responded.

However, ATCEMS said at 2:36 a.m. that public safety teams were unable to locate a victim after an extensive sea

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