911 Audio Seemingly Captures Shocking Discovery Of Elden Campbell’s Body

Recently released 911 audio seems to capture the moment a man on the beach discovered the body of former NBA star Elden Campbell.

The male caller seemed initially confused about what he stumbled upon December 1st, then told the operator he spotted something washed up on the shore that “looks like a human body.” “I’m at the beach right now, I was just sitting down and something pulled up on the shore,” the man said on the 911 dispatch recordings shared December 5 by TMZ.

“It looks like a human body on the floor – like dead.”

The man went on to say, “I didn’t get close to it,” and went on to say he was curious and went to investigate before determining he may have found a body.

“Yes, as I’m sitting down meditating, looking up – my girlfriend looked to the side – and she seen something,” he said. “I got up to see it, and I don’t get too close and I get out my phone and I zoomed with my camera,” he said.

“It looks like a human body laying down on the floor”  he said. “I was zooming in.”

Elden Campbell #41, Center and Power Forward for the Los Angeles Lakers prepares to shoot a free throw during the NBA Pre Season Shoot Out basketball game against the Atlanta Hawks on 24th October 1997 at the Great Western Forum arena in Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, United States. The Lakers won the game 93 – 89. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Allsport/Getty Images)

The man told the dispatcher it looked “like a dead person – on the floor,” and went on to clarify the body was “on the actual beach – like, washed up on the shore.”

Police arrived on scene and discovered Campbell’s body near a jet ski on the beach at 8pm. He was pronounced dead at 8:03 pm, according to TMZ.

The medical examiner in Pompano Beach, Florida determined the cause of death for the 6’11” center was an accidental drowning.

Homicide and crime scene detectives are still investigating, but foul play is not suspected, according to TMZ.

LOS ANGELES – JUNE 8: Elden Campbell #41 of the Detroit Pistons reacts in Game 2 of the 2004 NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers on June 8, 2004 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)

Campbell’s family released a statement Wednesday, saying he was “a man of faith who trusted in his lord and savior Jesus Christ. Husband, father, brother, cousin and friend.”

“He was a man to whom family meant everything — generous, funny, disciplined, and kind, but could shut you down if required. A man of God, he passed doing what he loved; fishing out on the ocean, enjoying his idea of an ideal day.” (RELATED: Elden Campbell’s Tragic Cause Of Death Revealed)

Campbell played in the NBA for 15 years, primarily for the Los Angeles Lakers, and earned a championship ring with the Detroit Pistons in 2004.