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4-year-old boy dies after being found in backyard pool

Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Monday, October 12, 2026 at 2:22 AM · 1 min read
4-year-old boy dies after being found in backyard pool — ABC 7 Suncoast SWFL, Venice Health news
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PHOENIX (AZFamily/Gray News) — A 4-year-old boy died Saturday night after being found in a backyard pool, authorities said.Just before 10 p.m., first responders were called to 67th Avenue and Baseline Road on reports of a boy drowning.The boy had been pulled from the pool and was unconscious and not breathing when crews arrived, according to the Phoenix Fire Department.Family members told police the child had been underwater for an unknown amount of time. Firefighters performed CPR and took him to a hospital in critical condition. He later died.Firefighters said the home did not have a pool fence.

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