Rip Current in Southern Queens, New York

A five-year-old East Flatbush resident named Ezekiel Gray drowned in the ocean waters off Jacob Riis Park Beach in Queens late Saturday afternoon, police say.

Around 5 p.m., when NYPD responders arrived to the beach, they say they 'discovered an unconscious and unresponsive 5-year-old male who was removed from the water by an on-duty lifeguard.'

By the time the FDNY arrived, Gray had gone into 'cardiac arrest,' says a spokesman.

Gray was then rushed to Brookdale Hospital in Brownsville, where he was pronounced dead.

The boy's 'distraught' aunt tells the New York Daily News that Gray had been attending a 'large family party' at the park on Saturday afternoon, and got stuck in a riptide after entering the ocean with two siblings.

East winds circulating around high pressure produced rough conditions in and around the inlets where permanent jetties occasional produce flash rip currents.