YONKERS – Police in Yonkers are investigating the death of a 16-year-old male resident of the Leake and Watts Residential Treatment Center Wednesday night.

Police said the youth had been playing basketball in the school gym when he became agitated. School staff restrained him after which he became unconscious. He was attended to by a doctor and nurse who were on call and present at the time.

Police said Thursday they have no evidence to suggest that any mechanical restraints were used by school personnel nor was he restrained by officers.

Ambulance and school staff performed CPR on the boy, who was transported to a local hospital where he died about an hour and 15 minutes after the 8:06 p.m. emergency call.