Sheriff's office: Teen died this morning

The Kootenai County Sheriff's Office has just reported that 16-year-old A.J. Marksworth was pronounced dead at about 8:30 this morning in a Spokane hospital. A.J., of Spirit Lake, had been swimming with a friend in the Spirit Lake mill pond Wednesday afternoon when he went under in about 8-foot deep water. Rescuers pulled him out after about 15 minutes, and he had been in critical condition at Sacred Heart Medical Center until this morning.