Update: Child found unresponsive in East Moriches pool

Update on Aug. 24: Mason Hammil, 5, who was found unresponsive in a pool in East Moriches on August 23, was pronounced dead at Stony Brook University Hospital today.

Below is the original press release:

Suffolk County Police Seventh Squad detectives are investigating an incident in which a child was
found unresponsive in a pool by his mother at a residence on Woodcrest Drive in East Moriches on Aug. 23.

Wendy Hammil, 44, found her son Mason Hammil, 5, in the pool unresponsive at their residence on Woodcrest Drive at approximately 4:35 p.m. CPR was performed on Mason Hammil until first responders arrived, before they took over. Mason Hammil was transported to Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead, before being transported to Stony Brook University Hospital in critical condition.