JUST IN: A 4-year-old boy is dead after drowning at a pool Monday evening in Brookline, Mass., police said.
A 4-year-old boy drowned at a pool in Brookline, Massachusetts, on Memorial Day, police announced.
According to Brookline police, the boy was swimming with several children in the pool when the drowning happened, and several adults were"in very close proximity." First responders were called to the Prescott Street home after the little boy was found unresponsive in the water around 4:40 p.m. Monday, police said.
An adult who was at the home began performing CPR on the child, with phone guidance from a police dispatcher. Lifesaving efforts were then continued by emergency personnel, and the boy was taken to Boston Children's Hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly after his arrival, police said.