RedactedNarrative: At approximately 8:50 a.m. on 6/28/2021 2021 I, Off.  of the Maryland Natural Resources Police, was on marked patrol when I received a call from dispatch of an individual that had fallen out of a canoe and was yelling for help in the upper portion of the Tred Avon River near Easton Point. While responding, I was informed that the individual had gone below the surface and that there were two people out on kayaks trying to locate him. Moments later, dispatch informed me that the individual had been found and to respond to 7665 Tred Avon Cir, Easton MD where they would be bringing him to shore.
  
                  Upon my arrival, EMS was already on scene and I could see a boat pulling up where they were performing CPR on the individual. Once they reached the dock, he was put on a stretcher and transported to the ambulance waiting onshore. 
  
                  I then met with witnesses. They were at home when they thought they could hear someone yelling for help. They looked out on the river and could see that Victim, who had been out crabbing, had fell out of his canoe and was struggling in the water. Both of them ran to get their kayaks so that they could try and get to him at which time they saw him go under. 
  
  While rushing to get out there Witness1 tipped and fell out of his kayak so he came back to shore. By this time their neighbor had also gotten his kayak and was heading out to try to help him. Witness2 was able to find Victim who was floating face down in the water. She tried to pull him up but was not strong enough to do so. Subject2 paddled over to her and was able to lift his head out of the water. He was not breathing and began to foam from the mouth and nose. They held him in that position until a neighboring boat with first responders on it arrived. He was lifted onto the boat where CPR was then begun.  
  
                  I then Spoke with Subject2 who told a similar statement. He had been out on his back porch when he thought he heard someone screaming for help. He then noticed Victim, who he had seen crabbing earlier, had fallen from his canoe and was struggling in the water. Subject2 stated that he had seen Victim crab in the area multiple times in the past. He then ran to get to his kayak while calling 911 to inform them of the emergency. He paddled out to the canoe since that was the last known area he had seen Victim but could not locate him. A short time later Witness2 told him that she had found him. As he paddled to her he could see that Victim was floating face down in the water and that she was struggling to keep hold of him. When he got to them he was able to lift Victim’s head out of the water where they held him until the boat arrived.
  
                  Finally, I spoke with subject3 had received a call from his wife telling him that there was someone in trouble in the river behind their house. He then ran and got on his center console boat (white Sea Hunt MD registration: MD 3439 BT) and rushed over. On his way over he could see first responders on a dock waving him down and he picked them up. At that time he headed to the victim where he could see his two neighbors Witness2 and Subject2 holding onto him keeping his head above water. He positioned his boat near them where Victim was then pulled aboard cracking the inner gunnel of the boat in the process. The first responders then began CPR as he took them back to shore where the ambulance was waiting.   
  
                  The Coast Guard retrieved the canoe that was free-floating up the river. The canoe was an “Old Town Ojibway” that had a trolling motor mounted to it as a means of propulsion as well as a bushel basket with crabs in it, a cooler, two life jackets, and multiple crab traps in it. Multiple crab traps were still out on the river. The canoe was then tied off to the dock where Victim had been taken to.
  
                  After taking pictures from the scene, Cpl. and I proceeded to Easton Memorial Hospital. After speaking with the medical staff, Victim had been pronounced dead. We were then met by an investigator with the Maryland Natural Resources Police. I then informed her of all the details leading to that point in time.
  
                  All events occurred in Talbot County, MD.
  