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18-Year-Old Woman Dies in NYPD Custody at Bronx Precinct

The NYPD has assigned its internal investigations unit to examine her collapse with medical examiner findings still pending.

An 18yr old woman, who was in custody at the NYPD 41st Precinct and who for some reason fell unconscious, was rushed to Lincoln Hospital in Cardiac Arrest and pronounced deceased shortly thereafter from 1035 Longwood Avenue in the Bronx on Saturday July 5, 2025. 1038. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
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Overview

  • The woman collapsed at about 12:40 a.m. inside the 41st Precinct stationhouse on Longwood Avenue in the Bronx.
  • Officers performed CPR until EMS rushed her to Lincoln Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
  • The NYPD’s Force Investigations Division has opened an inquiry into the circumstances of her death.
  • A medical examiner’s autopsy is pending to determine what caused her sudden collapse.
  • Her death is the most recent in a series of custody-related fatalities under NYPD review since the investigation into Shelton Ennis began nine days earlier.