WAUKEE, Iowa [KCCI] — Family members of a child who fell through the ice on a pond in Waukee last weekend and died, have identified the boy as 9-year-old Aiden James-Harrison Smith. KCCI reports, a neighbor called the police non-emergency number to report seeing a hole in the ice and shoes by the pond. Authorities confirmed First responders with the Waukee Police Department and Waukee Fire Department were called to conduct a welfare check at the pond located in the 1100 block of Northview Drive, a little after 4:30 p.m. Saturday. Aiden’s body was found after authorities and rescuers arrived.

Waukee’s Fire Chief Clint Robinson, said no one should be on the ice right now, and no one should go out alone. A GoFundMe has been created to help with the cost of Aiden’s funeral expenses.