The body of a 9-year-old boy was found at the edge of a waterway after he was separated from his family at an Ikea store in Red Hook, a neighborhood in Brooklyn, police say.
The New York City Police Department and Fire Department of the City of New York responded to the pier behind Ikea and deployed patrol officers, aviation units, harbour units, the Technical Assistance Response Unit, K-9s and divers to find the child, police said.
The child's body was found several hours later, just after midnight on Thursday, at the water's edge behind Ikea, according to police. He was transported to New York Presbyterian/Brooklyn Methodist Hospital where he was pronounced dead. "We at IKEA are devastated by this tragedy. Our hearts are with the family at this difficult time," a spokesperson from Ikea told CNN.
"I am heartbroken to hear the news of the nine-year-old child who drowned in Red Hook last night," New York City Councilmember Alexa Avilés told CNN.
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