Child drowns at Boerne City Lake, fire department says

BOERNE, Texas – A child drowned Sunday at Boerne City Lake, the Boerne Fire Department said in a city bulletin.

Emergency dispatchers received a 911 call just before 6:30 p.m. reporting a child who was in the water and had not resurfaced, according to the bulletin.

Witnesses told officials that two children were in the water when both began to struggle. A bystander was able to pull one child from the lake, but when the bystander returned for the second child, they could not locate them in the water.

A city spokesperson told KSAT the children were friends, but said it would not release any other information regarding the incident at this time.

The police department asked residents and guests to avoid the area in a Facebook post about 30 minutes after the call was received.

The lake remained closed for the rest of the day Sunday as officials continue to search for the child.

Sunday marks at least the second drowning reported this summer, after an 80-year-old man drowned over Memorial Day Weekend.

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