Overview
- Aazam Dahir, 4, was found in a nearby pool shortly before midnight Saturday and was pronounced dead by EMS.
- The child, who was non-verbal and autistic, was reported missing around 8 p.m. from the 6100 block of Richiewayne Drive near Smyrna Parkway after a Golden Alert sought public help.
- LMPD deployed patrol officers and specialized units, including the Missing Persons Unit, K9 teams, the Air Unit and Drone Unit, to check pools, creeks and yards.
- Nearly 100 neighbors joined the overnight search with flashlights to canvass yards and call his name, which police praised as a strong community response.
- LMPD said its Homicide Unit is conducting a routine child-death investigation and offered condolences to the family as the neighborhood mourns.