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5-year-old pulled from pond on Indy's west side dies

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INDIANAPOLIS — A child is dead after they were pulled from a pond on Indy's west side Monday evening.

According to Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, officers responded to the 7200 block of Causeway Drive, the address of Astoria Park Apartment Homes, on a report of a missing child.

When officers arrives and began to search the area, they located a child unresponsive in a nearby pond.

That child was identified as 5-year-old Roby Chacreton.

Officers immediately began providing CPR, police said.

Medics arrived and transported Roby to the hospital but he was unfortunately pronounced deceased.

An investigation into the circumstances of the incident is underway.

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