20-year-old Bristol County man who died in apparent drowning identified

A Bristol County man has been identified as the deceased in a recent drowning involving a canoe.

At just after 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Stoughton Police and Fire departments responded for a report of a boater in distress in the water at Ames Pond on Highland Street, according to Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey, Stoughton Police Chief Donna McNamara and Stoughton Fire Chief Michael Carroll.

A search was conducted for the person with the help of mutual aid partners from surrounding towns and the Massachusetts State Police Dive Team. The MSP Dive Team located 20-year-old Anderson Teixeira Goncalves of Taunton about 1 ½ hours later.

He was taken to an area hospital by the Canton Fire Department where he was later pronounced deceased.

The incident is under investigation by the Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit assigned to the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office and Stoughton Police.

Assisting the Stoughton Police and Fire Departments and the MSP Dive Team, were the Easton, Avon, and Canton fire departments, the Plymouth County Dive Team, the Massachusetts Environmental Police, the Metro-LEC Drone Unit, and the Mansfield Emergency Management Agency.