KENOSHA – A five-year-old boy who was pulled from Lake Michigan in Kenosha on Tuesday has died, according to the Kenosha Police Deaprtment.
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First responders were called to the scene at Pennoyer Beach Park around 6:00 p.m. Tuesday for a report of a different child in the water.
That child was pulled to safety and is okay, according to police.
While they were there, first repsonders got word of a second child in the same group who was in the water.
A citizen with a drone helped locate the child in the water about 50-feet from shore.
Kenosha Mayor John Antaramian released a statement, saying that the city is looking into ways to improve safety near Lake Michigan, particulary where the Pike River flows into the lake.