Child dies after drowning in pool in Fairfax County

A child died after drowning in a residential pool in Fairfax County, Virginia, on Wednesday.

Emergency response officials were called to the neighborhood on Braymore Circle in Fairfax Station on Wednesday night.

They found the victim, who later died at the hospital.

Police have not released the gender or age of the child.

Fairfax County police said detectives from the Major Crimes Bureau are responding to the scene.

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Laura Spitalniak

Laura Spitalniak joined the WTOP edit desk at the beginning of 2020. She previously worked at WAMU, ABC News and CBS News. She is a graduate of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism and the daughter of a librarian.

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