METAIRIE, La. (WGNO) — Deputies with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office are investigating the drowning of two toddlers in Metairie on Sunday, June 16.
The JPSO reported that deputies responded to a report of small children accessing the community pool at an apartment complex in the 4900 block of Zenith Street around 10 a.m.
At the scene, JPSO deputies said they found two unresponsive toddlers outside the pool near the security gate.
They were taken to a hospital after CPR was administered, where they later died.
According to the JPSO, an initial investigation “indicates that the victims were outside their apartment unit playing with siblings, before entering the gated common pool area.”
On Monday, June 17, the Jefferson Parish coroner identified the toddlers as Jahvon Hawkins and Neveah Lanieux.
Hawkins was from Metairie and was 1 year and 11 months old. Lanieux was from New Orleans and was 2 years and 8 months old.
The investigation is ongoing.
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