Crime & Safety
Fishing Trip Takes Fatal Turn For Boy, 5
A little boy pulled from water near Poynter Park in St. Petersburg on Wednesday has died.
ST. PETERSBURG, FL — The St. Petersburg Police Department has announced the death of a 5-year-old boy who was pulled from water near the Third Street South seawall Wednesday night.
According to the agency, the boy’s family was fishing at Poynter Park. Just before 7 p.m., Jamirreeus Broward’s mother noticed he was missing and called police.
St. Petersburg Fire Rescue divers responded and found the boy in the water around 7:28 p.m. Sept. 13, an email from the agency said. Broward was taken to a local hospital, but was pronounced dead. (For more hurricane news or local news from Florida, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts and newsletters from St. Pete Patch, and click here to find your local Florida Patch. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)
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