Detectives from Fairfax Police Major Crimes Bureau are investigating after a 29-year-old man drowned yesterday in Difficult Run Stream in McLean. Officers responded just after 6 p.m. on Monday, June 20 to the 8800 block of Georgetown Pike for a drowning. Fire and Rescue personnel found the man a quarter mile off the roadway on a nearby trail. The man was transported to a hospital with injuries considered life threatening. German Salinas, 29, of Sterling succumbed to his injuries Tuesday afternoon while at the hospital. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will conduct an autopsy to determine cause and manner of death.
Detectives determined the man was swimming in the stream that connects to the Potomac River. While swimming, he became submerged underwater and did not resurface. Friends pulled him out of the water and attempted life-saving measures. Detectives do not suspect foul play.