6 P.M. UPDATE
Fayetteville Public Schools Superintendent Matthew Wendt spoke to the media Wednesday afternoon about the drowning of a Vandergriff Elementary School student Tuesday.
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The Vandergriff Elementary child found unresponsive in a pool Tuesday has died, according to a release from the Fayetteville Police Department.
The school reported a child was missing from school around the same time police were responding to a call at 2:45 p.m. about a possible drowning near the school.
The 6-year-old boy was transported to Washington Regional Medical Center and later to Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock, according to the release.
He died shortly after 10 a.m. Wednesday, according to police. The child’s body will be sent to the state Crime Laboratory for an autopsy.