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A young child was pulled from Black Bayou Lake Monday morning (April 4) in Caddo Parish.
The toddler was later identified as Shaun Fitzgerald, 2-years-old, of Vivian.
A spokesperson with the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office says the child’s mother pulled them from the water.
Multiple emergency agencies responded to the scene on Gator Hole Freeway just east of Vivian in the northern part of the parish.
The call came in just after 10 a.m.
A medical helicopter transported Fitzgerald to a local hospital, where he later died at 10:56 a.m.
The incident remains under investigation.
https://www.ksla.com/2022/04/04/cpso-deputies-investigating-fatality-near-black-bayou-lake/