4-year-old boy drowns in Fridley pond

Shortly after arriving, officers spotted the unresponsive child in a nearby pond and pulled him out.

August 30, 2023 at 3:09AM

A 4-year-old boy drowned in a pond Tuesday afternoon after going missing from his home in Fridley.

The Fridley Police Department responded just before 1:30 p.m. to reports of a boy going missing from his home in the 1600 block of Rice Creek Road NE., the Anoka County Sheriff's Office said in a news release Tuesday night.

Shortly after arriving, officers spotted the unresponsive child in a nearby pond and pulled him out.

The Fridley Fire Department and additional emergency responders performed lifesaving measures before taking him to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

The drowning remains under investigation.

In a separate incident, an unconscious boy was pulled from a pond in Woodbury on Monday. Officials have not said if he survived.

about the writer

about the writer

Louis Krauss

Reporter

Louis Krauss is a general assignment reporter for the Star Tribune.

See Moreicon

More from No Section

See More
FILE -- A rent deposit slot at an apartment complex in Tucker, Ga., on July 21, 2020. As an eviction crisis has seemed increasingly likely this summer, everyone in the housing market has made the same plea to Washington: Send money — lots of it — that would keep renters in their homes and landlords afloat. (Melissa Golden/The New York Times) ORG XMIT: XNYT58
Melissa Golden/The New York Times

It’s too soon to tell how much the immigration crackdown is to blame.