A toddler who drowned in a pool at a north Clovis home about a month ago was recently identified to local media, the Fresno County Coroner’s Office confirmed to The Bee.
Family called 911 about 8 p.m. July 26 to report a child drowning in a pool on Serena Avenue near Shepherd and DeWolf avenues, according to Ty Wood, the Clovis police spokesperson.
Emergency responders were sent to the home and attempted life-saving efforts, but the toddler later was pronounced dead at a local hospital, Wood told The Bee on Monday.
The boy was identified as 2-year-old Haze Brown, the Fresno County Coroner’s Office confirmed Thursday.
Clovis police shared some safety protocols around swimming:
Never let children swim alone, regardless of their swimming ability.Know CPR.Always have safety and rescue equipment nearby and readily available.Swim sober.Do not swim alone.
Family of the 2-year-old put together a fundraiser on GoFundMe, which had raised $101,650 from 939 donations through Thursday.
“The Brown family has experienced an unimaginable loss. Kim and Curtis recently lost their miracle baby, Haze, in a tragic drowning accident,” the page said. “No words can ease the heartbreak they are facing as they grieve the loss of their precious son.”
Haze Brown, 2, died from a drowning in north Clovis pool on July 26, 2026, his family and law enforcement have since confirmed. The family’s GoFundMe has surpassed $100,000. Courtesy of GoFundMe.com/Support for the Brown Family After Tragedy Details on the incident not released immediately
Clovis police did not find any suspicion evidence or circumstances, determining the drowning to be a tragic accident and nothing criminal, according to Wood.
He noted the non-criminal circumstances and said the drowning that late on a Sunday night did not draw media to the scene.
“We did not proactively put it out,” he said. “There was no benefit to the community to inform them.”
He was later contacted by People Magazine and other national outlets, he said. No local media has reported on it as of this story’s publication.
The Fresno County Coroner’s Office typically releases the names of people who drown in public waterways like a river or canal without solicitation, spokesperson Tony Botti said.
Drownings in a home tub or pool that come without suspicion of crimes are not released unsolicited, he said.
“Most of the time,” Botti said, “it takes an inquiry for me to know of a house drowning.”
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Reporter Thaddeus Miller has covered cities in the central San Joaquin Valley since 2010, writing about everything from breaking news to government and police accountability. A native of Fresno, he joined The Fresno Bee in 2019 after time in Merced and Los Banos.