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River Rescue Searches For Possible Body In Allegheny River

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- River Rescue crews responded Friday after a possible body was found in the Allegheny River.

Around 4:30 p.m., reports came in that a body was spotted in the water near the 9th Street Bridge, not far from the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.

Police have been searching this area for missing Duquesne University student Dakota James

Immediately boats were deployed to scour the waterway.

Around 6 p.m., search crews cleared the area without finding anything.

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