Boy pulled from Alexandria hotel swimming pool dies

ALEXANDRIA, Minn. (KFGO) – Police say a 6-year-old boy has died after he was pulled from the pool at the Holiday Inn in Alexandria earlier this month.

He is identified as Japheth Peng. A release from the police deptartment did not say where Peng was from.

Police and other first responders responded on June 11 to a report of a possible drowning. The boy was out of the pool when they arrived and bystanders were doing CPR.

He was in critical condition when he was rushed to the Alomere Hospital by North Memorial Ambulance.