The child's loss on Wednesday follows the earlier deaths of three other boys pulled from icy water.
By Joan Cummins & Maisie OlahThe fourth boy to die after being pulled from an icy lake at the weekend has led to an outpouring of emotion from the community gathering at the scene since his loss.
The deaths of the three others - aged eight, 10 and 11 - were confirmed at the start of the week following events at Babbs Mill Park in Kingshurst, near Solihull, on Sunday.Locals hoping he would pull through have called his death "simply tragic". West Midlands Police, whose officers had battled to smash ice and save the children, said it could not "comprehend the enormity of the pain" the boys' families must feel.
Many residents, with tears in their eyes, left their homes and made their way to the memorial site whenOn a Christmas card, one wrote to the children: "You will be forever in my thoughts and prayers".The 10-year-old has been named locally as Jack Johnson, but the identities of the other three boys are yet to be confirmed.
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