A woman was taken into custody Friday night after Chicago police said she had drowned a 1-year-old boy in Lake Michigan in the city’s South Shore neighborhood.
Officers responded to a call near the water in the 7000 block of South Shore Drive about 9:45 p.m. and found a 31-year-old woman in the water. Police later learned the woman had drowned the boy, according to police. Police did not state the relationship between the woman and the child.
The child was taken out of the water by the Chicago Fire Department’s marine unit and brought to Comer’s Children Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said. The child’s identity wasn’t immediately released.
The woman was taken into custody and transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center.
Police have classified the death a homicide, and detectives are investigating.