3-year-old found in Nebraska pond has died, authorities say

AUBURN, Neb. (AP) - Authorities say a 3-year-old boy has died after being found in a pond near his southeast Nebraska home.

The Nemaha County Sheriff’s Office says deputies and medics were sent to a rural Auburn residence a little before 1 p.m. Tuesday. They found people there already had begun CPR. The little boy was taken to Nemaha County Hospital and pronounced dead there.

The Sheriff’s Office identified the boy as Wayne Brown.