Missing 6-year-old boy dies after being found in pond near Tampa home

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A boy was found in a pond only minutes after being reported missing Thursday, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said.

The sheriff’s office said its 911 center received a call about the missing 6-year-old around 12:40 p.m.

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Deputies responded to a home on J.R. Manor Drive in Tampa and found the child in a nearby pond at 1:01 p.m.

First responders administered CPR and tried to save the child, who was taken to a nearby hospital. Officials said the boy was pronounced dead at the hospital…

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