Boy drowns in swimming pool

RANDALL COUNTY — UPDATE:

Randall County officials have released the name of the little boy who drowned in a pool Sunday morning.

Danny Alexander says, 3-year-old Brad Anthony Letkeman was unaccounted for, for about six minutes. A 9-year-old family member saw the toddler in the pool behind the home on FM 2590. Letkeman was pulled from the pool and relatives attempted CPR until EMS arrived.

He was taken to BSA hospital where he was pronounced dead. 

Posted: Sunday, August 15

At 11:15 am on Sunday, August 15, 2010, Randall County Dispatch received a 911 call regarding a possible drowning in a pool at a residence on FM 2590.

A 9 year-old family member pulled the child from the pool where he had fallen into about 9 feet of water.  When deputies got there they found family members attempting to resuscitate a 3 year-old boy at the side of the pool at the rear of the home.

Deputies took over CPR and worked on the boy until paramedics arrived. He was then transported to BSA by ambulance where he was pronounced dead. Potter County Justice of the Peace Frausto was called to BSA to conduct an inquest into the death.

It happened during a family gathering at the home.