Police report: Witnesses tried to warn victims before drownings in Dunbar Lake

Lubbock police have released new details about the drownings at Lubbock’s Dunbar Lake.

They have identified the 41-year-old as Jimmy Lewis Stewart III, but have withheld the 16-year-old’s name.

The temperature reached 92 degrees on Wednesday and witnesses told officers that Stewart and the teenager wanted to cool off in the water.

Witnesses said they knew Stewart did not know how to swim, so they told him not to get into the water. According to the police report, Stewart and the teen told the group they were adults and could do whatever they wanted.

The bodies were recovered about an hour later.