A man drowned early Tuesday morning in a pool in Twentynine Palms. According to limited information from the Sheriff’s Department, a woman called for help about 1:40 Tuesday morning to say that her boyfriend, who was not identified, was in a pool in the 72300 block of Larrea Avenue. The woman said the man had jumped into the pool to retrieve his dropped cell phone and didn’t come up. The woman said she was pregnant and couldn’t get him out of the pool herself. The victim was taken to Hi-Desert Medical Center where he was pronounced deceased.
