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5-year-old boy dies after being found unresponsive in pond

Missing child dead, found in west side pond

This story has been updated to include the name and age of the child.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A child has died after being found unresponsive in a pond Monday night on the city’s west side, Indianapolis police say.

The Marion County Coroner’s Office identified the child as 5-year-old Roby Chacreton.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and Wayne Township medics were called about 6:30 p.m. Monday to the 7200 block of Causeway Drive. That’s in the Astoria Park Apartments.

A notification from IMPD says officers were initially sent on a report of a missing child. Officers found the boy in a pond, rescued him, and began CPR.

Indianapolis EMS took Chacreton to a hospital, IMPD says, where they were pronounced dead.

No additional information was immediately available.