Boy, 8, ID'd In Drowning At RivCo Desert Resort Pool

DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA — An young boy recently drowned at a resort swimming pool in Riverside County and he's since been identified as a local resident. The boy was just 8 years old.

According to Desert Hot Springs police, authorities were called around 9:24 p.m. Friday to the Vista Ventana Resort and Spa, located in the 11200 block of Palm Drive after receiving reports of a possible drowning. There, officers say they found the child unresponsive near the swimming pool, and took over life-saving measures from the adults at the scene.

Firefighters and paramedics arrived at the resort shortly afterward and took the boy to Desert Regional Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead, according to Desert Hot Springs Police Sgt. Miguel Preciado.

The victim was identified as Issac Moore of Desert Hot Springs, according to the Riverside County coroner's office.

"This unfortunate incident appears to be an accident but DHSPD detectives are conducting an investigation," Preciado said.

Witnesses told KESQ that Moore was at the hotel for a party with other local youth and hotel management told the news station that he had been playing a game in the pool.

"I was in the hotel, when the music that was playing suddenly shut off," fellow partygoer Jason Combs told KESQ. "It's pretty odd for a system to be shut off in the middle of the party. My kids were like, 'Dad, what's going on? The music is shut off.' One of the kids opened the door, 'Dad, somebody fell. Something happened."

Read more from KESQ here.

— City News Service contributed to this report / Image via Shutterstock