Updated
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
Centralia police are investigating the death of a 9-year-old boy this morning.
Detective Patti Finch said officers were dispatched at approximately 10:22 a.m. to a home on the 300 block of North Diamond Street regarding the child who was found unresponsive in bed by his mother.
Officers arrived to find CPR in progress, according to Finch. Members of the fire department were summoned at the same time.
The child was transported to the Providence Centralia Hospital in critical condition where he was pronounced dead a short time later, according to responders.
Finch indicated the boy had a recent medical procedure, but didn’t elaborate on what that was.
An autopsy will be performed on Thursday.
Nothing obvious at the scene suggested foul play, but anytime a child dies unexpectedly, police will get involved and investigate the circumstances, she said.
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