BATON ROUGE - A 2-year-old child died after falling into a pond near an apartment complex along Bluebonnet Boulevard on Tuesday night.

The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office responded to The Waters at Bluebonnet apartment complex for a possible drowning shortly after 8:15 p.m.

EBRSO said the child, later identified as Amar Guidry, slipped out of the door and fell into a nearby pond. The child was taken to a hospital but did not survive. 

No additional information has been released.