A 5-year-old boy drowned Saturday morning at a Pompano Beach pool, according to the Broward County Sheriff's Office.
The death occurred at a residence in the 1700 block of Northeast 51st Street. Agencies were dispatched to reports of an endangered child and a drowning incident shortly after 9 a.m., BSO said.
"BSO deputies and Pompano Beach Fire Rescue personnel responded to the residence of the drowning call and located a child who had been pulled out of a pool and was unresponsive," BSO said in a statement.
The boy was transported to Broward Health North in Deerfield Beach, where he was pronounced dead.
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Authorities are investigating the incident. No other information was immediately known.
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