3-year-old boy drowns after kayak capsizes off Emerson Point, Manatee deputies say

A 3-year-old boy drowned after s kayak capsized near Emerson Point on Snead Island, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office.

Rescue crews had searched for about three hours, when the sheriff’s office announced shortly before midnight Saturday that the boy’s body had been found.

Deputies say they responded to the scene at around 8 p.m. Three people were rescued from the water, but the boy had not been located at that time.

The U.S. Coast Guard and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission also assisted in the search, according to the sheriff’s office.

The FWC will continue an investigation into the death.

This story was originally published April 27, 2019 at 10:54 PM.