DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- What started as a high speed boat chase in Daytona Beach ended with a man dead.

Police were chasing a boat that was reported stolen, but the owner refused to press charges after learning his boyfriend was driving it. Later, the same boat pulled up to the Coast Guard station with a dead man on board.

The U.S. Coast Guard says the dead man was homeless and had probably just met the other boaters.

"In the course of one person trying to help another person into the boat, somebody fell overboard," said Steve Grigg of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission.

One man was arrested at the Coast Guard station, but investigators said it was not related to the death. An autopsy will be performed on the victim.