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UPDATE | Claims of missing swimmer at Edgewater Beach 'unsubstantiated'

Divers used sonar equipment to search the area and could not find anyone in the water.
Credit: Raquel Hagman, WKYC

CLEVELAND -- Authorities have determined that claims of a missing swimmer at Edgewater Beach on Thursday evening were "unsubstantiated."

This comes after authorities began searching the waters just after 8 p.m. Thursday regarding the reportedly missing 60-year-old man. One witness said they saw the man go in the water, but he never came out.

Divers used sonar equipment to search the area and could not find anyone in the water. Crews from the U.S. Coast Guard were on hand to join the search.

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