Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam of the New York Court of Appeals was found dead Wednesday in the Hudson River, the New York City Police Department confirmed.

According to a spokesperson for the department, a 911 caller reported seeing a female unconscious and floating in the Hudson near 132nd Street at 1:45 p.m. Abdus-Salaam was removed from the water and was pronounced dead at a pier at 125th Street.