Former WWE star Shad Gaspard ‘missing after getting caught in rip current while swimming with son, 10’

FORMER WWE star Shad Gaspard reportedly disappeared while swimming at Venice Beach in California on Sunday.

Gaspard, 39, and his son, 10, were with a group of swimmers who got caught in a rip current around 4pm, .

Lifeguards reportedly rushed to pull swimmers from the water, and Gaspard’s son was rescued in good condition and was not hospitalized, .

, however, hasn’t been seen since.

Pono Barnes, a lifeguard specialist with the Los Angeles Fire Department, said: “That group was stuck in one of the rip currents and were swimming just north of the lifeguard tower.”

“That’s why lifeguards were able to get there so soon, but unfortunately, one did, however, submerge.”

A witness told the news outlet that Gaspard told lifeguards to help his son out of the ocean first, but then another large wave crashed down on Gaspard.

“That surf that we have paired with a little bit of wind and good tidal swing today made rip currents a little bit more prevalent and a little bit stronger,” Barnes said.

The former pro wrestler was spending Sunday at the beach with his son and wife.

Gaspard is most known for his work with partner JTG in the WWE tag team Cryme Time.