Sheriff’s Office identify 3-year-old who drowned in pool north of Goddard

Final 6 p.m. Friday:

Officers identified the 3-year-old boy who drowned in an above-ground pool as Chasson Carver of Las Vegas.

Carver was able to access the backyard pool on Thursday without the knowledge of his guardians, Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Benjamin Blick said in a news release.

Update 11:46 a.m. Friday:

The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday night that the victim, a 3-year-old boy from out of state, drowned in an above-ground pool.

Officials will release his name later today.

Original 6 p.m. Thursday:

One person was unresponsive in a drowning call on Thursday just north of Goddard, according to a Sedgwick County 911 dispatch supervisor.

The drowning was reported at 3:46 p.m. in the 20700 block of West 21st. Google map images show what appears to be a pool in the backyard of a home in that block.

First responders gave an initial triage of code blue, which means unresponsive, the supervisor said.

This story was originally published July 15, 2021 at 5:46 PM.