Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s Official Cause Of Death Revealed

“The body will be removed from the Judicial Morgue by a funeral service company hired and authorized by Mr. Warner’s family,” the OIJ told People in a statement.

The Costa Rican Red Cross revealed in a statement Tuesday to The Hollywood Reporter that first responders were notified Sunday at around 2:10 p.m. of two male swimmers in need of emergency medical treatment due to a “water-related incident” at Playa Grande.

Paramedics reportedly revived one of the swimmers, while Warner was pronounced dead.

“The victim appears to have entered the sea and was apparently swept away by a current,” the OIJ wrote in a statement Monday, per People. “The man was rescued by bystanders and taken to shore, where he received treatment from the Costa Rican Red Cross.”

“However, he was declared lifeless at the scene,” the agency concluded.

Warner’s death, which reportedly occurred during a family vacation, sparked tributes from friends, peers and former colleagues. Tracee Ellis Ross, who played his wife in the 2011 BET sitcom “Read Between the Lines,” said Warner “made the world a brighter place.”

“He was never afraid to go to his room and study,” Cosby told reporter Jericka Duncan about Warner’s work ethic as a child actor on “The Cosby Show.” “He knew his lines and that he was quite comfortable even with the growing pains of…