4-Year-Old Boy Dies After Being Found in West Phoenix Backyard Pool

Overview

• Emergency crews found the child unconscious and not breathing after he was pulled from a backyard pool and firefighters performed CPR before taking him to a hospital.
• The boy was taken to a hospital in critical condition and was later pronounced dead.
• Firefighters at the scene reported the home did not have a pool fence and family members told police the child had been underwater for an unknown length of time.
• The case is an active police investigation with no public findings, charges, or official cause of death released so far.
• Members of the city’s Community Assistance Program helped the family at the scene and at the hospital, and investigators’ next steps could include reviewing safety measures and any potential violations.