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Boy, 6, dies after possible drowning in Fort Worth

The incident happened at a home in the Marine Creek Ranch neighborhood

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A child is dead after possibly drowning at a Fort Worth home Tuesday night.

According to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office, 6-year-old Andrew Skinner died at the hospital after being pulled from the water.

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Tuesday evening, the Fort Worth Fire Department said a child was transported to the hospital in critical condition involving a drowning incident. He later died.

It happened in the 5800 block of Westgate in the Marine Creek Ranch neighborhood.

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The cause of death was not listed and police are still investigating.

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