The Shawnee Dispatch / 2-year-old drowns in home pool

Archive for Wednesday, April 19, 2006

April 19, 2006

The Shawnee Police Department is investigating circumstances surrounding the drowning of a 2-year-old boy Friday.

Police received the call at 4:30 p.m. reporting a child pulled from a pool and not breathing in the 5800 block of Bell Rd. Police, Fire and Ambulance crews responded and tried to resuscitate the child.

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Shawnee Police Capt. Ron Copeland said the pool was in the backyard of the boy's home, where he lived with his mother, stepfather and siblings. Although the pool was fenced in, the boy had walked out on the back deck unnoticed and fell in the pool.

The boy, identified as Christian Williams, was taken to Overland Park Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Copeland said police and the Johnson County Coroner's Office would investigate the death.