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9-year-old boy drowns while taking a shower at Texas home, police say

A 9-year-old boy drowned while taking a shower in Houston, Texas, according to police.
A 9-year-old boy drowned while taking a shower in Houston, Texas, according to police.

A 9-year-old Texas boy drowned while taking a shower inside a home in Houston, police told news outlets.

The boy’s grandfather found him in the bathtub, and police were called around 10 p.m. on Sept. 24, KHOU reported.

Officers arrived at a home on the 15600 block of Corsair Road, on Houston’s southwest side, the Houston Chronicle reported. Inside, they found the grandfather performing CPR.

The boy was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police told KPRC.

It’s not clear how the boy drowned but an investigation is underway.

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This story was originally published September 25, 2022 at 1:16 PM with the headline "9-year-old boy drowns while taking a shower at Texas home, police say."

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Mitchell Willetts
The State
Mitchell Willetts is a real-time news reporter covering the central U.S. for McClatchy. He is a University of Oklahoma graduate and outdoors enthusiast living in Texas.
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