Chicago police are investigating after a body was recovered from the water Saturday afternoon on the city's Northwest Side.

They said just before 2 p.m., the victim's body, only described as a man, was found unresponsive and floating in the North Branch of the Chicago River in the 3000 block of West Argyle Street. Two kayakers made the discovery.

The Marine Unit recovered the body, and the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

First responders carried the body up from the riverbank out of public view as a crowd of people began to gather on the bridge over the river.

The crime scene took over this part of Ronan Park, a natural area next to a busy park and trail.

Neighbors looking on said police respond there often, recently for an abandoned car in the river and another time for a car on fire in the middle of the night.

It was a similar story at the scene four years ago, in July 2021, when the Chicago police marine unit pulled an unresponsive person from the water.

It is unclear how the victim ended up in the water. His identity was not released.

Police are conducting the recovery as a death investigation.