Linn County Sheriff's Office Investigates Drowning At Lewis Creek Park (Photo) - 08/10/26

Linn County Sheriff Michelle Duncan reports that on August 9, 2026 at 5:41 p.m., the Linn County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a missing person at Lewis Creek Park in Sweet Home. It was reported that Shuaib Ahmed Mubarak, 37, of Corvallis, was visiting the park with family and friends and had not been seen for approximately one hour. 

While deputies were responding to the park to conduct a search for Mubarak, two swimmers reported seeing a person submerged in approximately 10 feet of water within the enclosed swimming area of the park.  Personnel from the Sweet Home Fire Department and members of the Linn County Sheriff’s Office Dive Team responded and pulled the person from the water.  The person was confirmed to be Mubarak, who was confirmed to be deceased.  Mubarak was transported to Sweet Home Funeral Chapel.  Our thoughts are with Mubarak’s friends and family during this difficult time.

The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information on this incident, or who may have seen Mubarak at the park, is asked to contact the Linn County Sheriff’s Office at (541) 967-3950 and reference case number 26-03091.