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JSO responding to reported drowning after finding 2-year-old in water on Northside

Officials said the child was originally reported missing.

2-year-old found in body of water (WJXT)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating a reported drowning after a 2-year-old child was reported missing and later found in a body of water on Monday in the Jamestown neighborhood, according to officials.

Neighbors and family members had been searching for the child before the toddler was located near Elmar Road.

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Jacksonville Fire and Rescue took the child to a hospital, where their condition remained unknown as of this report.

This is developing. We are working to learn more.

Further details were not immediately available.