TUCSON, AZ – The father of the two-year-old girl who was pulled from a swimming pool in Tucson is facing murder charges.
Sean Hughes, 23, was booked and charged with second-degree murder and child abuse on Wednesday.
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TUCSON – Sean Hughes, 23, was booked for 2nd degree murder and child abuse, and Heather Rivas, 25, was booked on one count of child abuse in connection with Tuesday night’s drowning of two-year-old Victoria Rivas.
Capt. Adam Goldberg with Northwest Fire said firefighters and paramedics arrived at the 6600 block of North Harran Drive to find parents performing CPR on Rivas at the direction of a 911 dispatcher. According to investigators, Rivas was found in the home’s in-ground swimming pool. She had been there for up to 15 minutes before the parents called for help.
Pima County Sheriff’s Department deputies arrived at approximately 7:15 p.m. to find Northwest Fire Dept. paramedics and firefighters performing CPR on the child. She was transported to Banner-UMC where she was later pronounced deceased.
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PHOENIX – A Valley mother whose son died after a near-drowning on Father’s Day wants to remind parents to watch their children around water.
Baby Diesel, 2, was with family at a Father’s Day celebration when he snuck away and somehow got into the pool. The boy was pulled out and taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries , said fire officials.
Fire crews responded to two different drowning calls, both involving young children, just 12 hours apart.
The Phoenix Fire Department said a 9-month-old girl is in extremely critical condition after she was found submerged in a bath tub Sunday morning.
Phoenix fire crews responded to a drowning call midday Sunday that sent a 6-year-old boy to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, officials said.
When crews arrived at the home on the 3800 block of North 58th Drive, a male bystander was giving the boy CPR. Crews started advanced life support before taking the boy to the hospital.
PHOENIX – Phoenix Fire Department responded to two separate near-drowning incidents in Phoenix on Sunday.
A 35-year-old man was taken to the hospital in serious condition after he experienced some type of incident while swimming with a friend. Fire crews responded to the home near 31st Avenue and Bell Road around 8:40 a.m. and say CPR was already in progress on the man.
There is no word yet on his current condition.
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PHOENIX – Officials are on scene of a body recovery in South Phoenix.
Phoenix fire said they dispatched to the 16th Street and Baseline Road for a reported water rescue in a canal. A jogger running along the canal at 5:15 a.m. noticed the body and called 911.
When officials arrived on the scene they determined they had a body recovery.
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MESA, AZ – A 2-year-old child is awake and breathing after venturing into the family pool without an adult.
The girl was swimming with siblings and mom in the pool Tuesday. All of them got out together, but at some point, the girl went back outside and got into the water alone, according to Forrest Smith, spokesman for Mesa Fire Department.
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Dive teams found the body of a 16-year-old boy in Lake Pleasant early Tuesday morning after he reportedly went under water while swimming and did not resurface.
The incident began late Monday morning when a group of four teens in Coles Bay tried to swim out to an island about 200 yards away, according to Deputy Joaquin Enriquez, a sheriff’s spokesman.
One teen shouted that he was in trouble but some of the others thought he was joking until he disappeared under water and did not resurface, Enriquez said.
PHOENIX – A 4-year-old girl was taken to the hospital in serious condition after being pulled from a pool in West Phoenix Sunday afternoon.
Phoenix Fire Capt. Aaron Ernsberger said the girl was found at the bottom of a community pool near 75th Avenue and McDowell Road.
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