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Monday, July 13, 2009 | 11:30 a.m.
A 4-year-old boy who drowned Saturday afternoon in a northwest Las Vegas swimming pool has been identified.
The Clark County Coroner's Office said Zavier Smothers was the drowning victim and ruled the death an accident, a spokeswoman for the coroner said today.
The boy was with a number of children and adults at a pool party, Metro Police spokesman Bill Cassell said. The pool was at an apartment complex on Gowan Road between Tenaya Way and U.S. 95.
The adults were going to move the children from the pool and got distracted, Cassell said. The victim was found at the bottom of the pool.
The first police officer who arrived at the scene began cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on the child after arriving about 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
This is the seventh child to die from drowning so far this year, the same number as the total from all of last year.
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Sadness.
There are probably at least three things that children should be certain of. They should not be allowed to drown in ANY pool and to have 7 die thus far is simply unacceptable.The other thing is that children should not have to fear being strangled by pet python or boa constrictors as happened recently to a poor toddler in Florida.Finally, ladies, nothing is more dangerous to your children then your boyfriend. Keep them away from your children and out of your home.