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Child found unresponsive after drowning in Cape Coral, neighbors share concerns<\/p>\n

\"NicoleCAPE CORAL, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n

Cape Coral police confirmed that a child was found unresponsive in a body of water behind a home on Hancock Bridge Parkway, with neighbors describing the incident as heartbreaking. <\/p>\n

On Sunday, officers were seen in the backyard of a home on Hancock Bridge Parkway<\/a>, along with two Cape Coral Police Department cars and a forensics unit stationed in the front. Cape Coral Fire Rescue confirmed the incident was a drowning. <\/p>\n

Yvonne and Frank Torres, longtime residents of the neighborhood, said they had never seen such a large police presence near their home. <\/p>\n

“I happened to be sitting in my living room, and all of a sudden, I noticed all these flashing lights. So I looked out, and I could see two fire trucks, an ambulance, maybe six cop cars, and all the lights were flashing. So I knew it had to be something serious,” Yvonne said. <\/p>\n

The couple noted that the lake behind the home is not fenced in. <\/p>\n

“And then I noticed cops keep going toward the back where the where the lake is. So I thought, maybe somebody drowned. And that’s about all I knew at that point,” Yvonne said. <\/p>\n

Another neighbor, who spoke off-camera, shared that they initially heard what sounded like a child crying. At first, they thought it was their grandchild, but then they heard sirens. <\/p>\n

Yvonne Torres said first responders were performing CPR on the child before the child was taken away in an ambulance. <\/p>\n

The child was transported to Cape Coral Hospital, but their condition remains unknown at this time.<\/p>\n

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