Police identify 5-year-old drowning victim

Authorities have released the name of a five-year-old boy who drowned on Saturday in St. Louis Park.

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner says Tavaughn "TJ" Lamarr Combs Jr. died at Hennepin County Medical Center from complications of drowning.

Authorities say the boy and his mother were at an apartment complex for a birthday party when he went missing Saturday afternoon. An older child found him at the bottom of the pool in 5 feet of water.

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