2-Year-Old Tamarac Boy Drowns in Neighbor’s Pool

A Tamarac boy was found unresponsive in a neighbor’s pool on Friday afternoon.

Around noon Nov. 1, Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the Heathgate community at 7804 N.W. 68th Terrace in Tamarac after receiving a call regarding a 2-year-old boy found unconscious in a pool belonging to Steven and Ruth Marcum.

According to BSO, the boy’s father began performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation until deputies arrived.  Tamarac Fire Rescue transported the boy to Coral Springs Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

According to a neighbor, the fence that separates the adjacent backyard was missing due to a fallen tree. BSO homicide detectives are investigating.