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Teen drowns in pond

An 18-year-old man drowned in a retention pond on the campus of St. Xavier University on Chicago's far Southwest Side, and authorities say he apparently went into the water to retrieve a volleyball. Chicago Fire Department divers found Leonel Ibarra Jr.'s body about 8:30 p.m Thursday. Authorities say he was later pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. University spokesman Joe Moore says Ibarra wasn't a St. Xavier student, and Moore noted that there are several sand volleyball courts near the pond that are open to the public.