Peoria police: Drowned boy used chair to open pool gate

Police say a 4-year-old boy who drowned in Peoria apparently used a chair to open the gate to the fenced-in pool.

The boy, whose name was not immediately released, was pronounced dead at a hospital Monday morning.

A preliminary investigation showed the boy appeared to have used a chair to open a door into the backyard before using another chair to access the pool before 8 a.m.

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