Ocoee boy, 4, drowns in Plant City

PLANT CITY — A 4-year-old boy from Ocoee drowned in a pond while attended a wedding with his parents in Plant City.

According to Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, during the early evening hours of June 12, the victim, Nathan McGee, was with his parents at a wedding/reception party at Kathleen's Garden and Grandpa's Event Barn, located at 5701 Pless Road in Plant City.

At about 6:50 pm, the boy was on the dance floor when he walked away without his parent's knowledge. A couple of minutes later, the parents noticed their son missing and began searching for him.

At 7:05 p.m., the father spotted his son in a small pond on the property and pulled him out of the water.

An off-duty Pasco County firefighter who was attending the wedding began CPR on the unconscious boy, and 911 was called. Paramedics with Hillsborough County Fire Rescue arrived and took over life-saving efforts while rushing McGee to Florida Hospital. McGee died a short time later at the hospital.

Sheriff's Office detectives along with investigators with the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Child Protective Investigation Division are conducting an investigation. Upon conclusion of the investigation, a decision will be made to determine if any criminal neglect was involved in this incident.