The incident took place around 7:30 p.m. Thursday when Bridgeport Police were called to a home on Charron Street for a drowning, said Av Harris, spokesman for the Bridgeport Police Department.
When officers arrived EMT's were already on performing CPR on the child who was then transported to an area hospital by police escort where he was later pronounced dead, officials said.
An investigation is underway, Harris said.
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