LAKEPORT, Calif. – A Lakeport man whose life police and firefighters had fought to save after he was found at the bottom of a swimming pool last week has died.
Shaun Rudd, 32, died shortly before 9 p.m. Thursday, July 11, at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, according to Lakeport Police Chief Brad Rasmussen.
Two days before he died Rudd had been pulled unconscious from the swimming pool at the Regency Inn on N. Main Street in Lakeport, as Lake County News has reported.
A 10-year-old girl who had accompanied him to the pool noticed something was wrong and notified motel employees, who called 911, according to police.
Officer Stephanie Green arrived on scene and found Rudd at the bottom of the pool in 8 feet of water, jumping in and bring him to the surface, where Lakeport Fire personnel pulled him out, Rasmussen said.
Paramedics worked to resuscitate him, taking him to Sutter Lakeside Hospital where the life-saving efforts continued. Police said Rudd showed signs of a pulse and was flown to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital that afternoon.
However, Rasmussen said Rudd never regained consciousness and he was put on life support.
“His condition never improved,” Rasmussen said.
Rasmussen said Rudd’s cause of death has been ruled as accidental, and the Lakeport Police Department has closed its investigation in the case.
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