A 6-year-old girl drowned in a pool, according to the Utica Police Department.
On June 22, at around 7:40 a.m., Utica Police received a call for a missing girl at the 1100 block of Hammond Avenue.
In a statement, police said it is unclear when the child went missing, but officers were able to locate Ring surveillance footage from a neighboring residence that showed the little girl walking down the driveway at around 5:40 a.m.
As officers began to look for the child, they noticed her in an in-ground swimming pool at the nearby residence.
The officers immediately removed the child from the pool and began CPR. The Utica Fire Department transported the child to Wynn Hospital, but despite lifesaving measures, the girl was pronounced dead.
An investigation revealed the pool was enclosed with fencing and the gates were locked. The investigation is currently ongoing to determine how the child entered the pool.
This article originally appeared on Observer-Dispatch: Utica child drowns in neighbor’s pool. Police investigating her death
Reporting by Casey Pritchard, Utica Observer Dispatch / Observer-Dispatch
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