Medical examiner’s office identifies 3-year-old girl who died after she was found in pool

BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – A 3-year-old girl previously in critical condition after she was found unresponsive in south Bexar County has died, according to the sheriff’s office.

The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the girl as Galilea Lares.

The incident happened in a pool around 8 p.m. on Thursday in the 20300 block of Andesine Ridge, near Red Forest Lane.

A Bexar County sheriff’s deputy told KSAT that the girl was swimming in the pool. At some point, the deputy said she was found floating in the pool.

First responders arrived on the scene shortly after and performed CPR on Lares, according to the sheriff’s office.

She was pronounced dead on Thursday night.

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