Boy dies after police respond to report of drowning at Miami-Dade house pool

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A 5-year-old boy died on Friday night after fire rescue personnel and police officers responded to Miami-Dade County’s Richmond West neighborhood.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel used a helicopter to airlift the boy after responding to a house with a pool along Southwest 168 Terrace, near 149 Avenue.

According to Detective Angel Rodriguez, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade Police Department, the boy was pronounced dead at HCA Florida Kendall Hospital.

“Despite medical efforts, he was pronounced deceased,” Rodriguez wrote in a statement.

According to Rodriguez, homicide detectives were investigating the boy’s death.

Local 10 News Assignment Desk Editor Wilson Louis contributed to this report.