11-Year-Old Boy Dies After He's Found Unconscious at New York City Migrant Shelter: 'Devastating'

The NYPD said the medical examiner is currently working to determine the boy’s cause of death as the investigation continues

An 11-year-old boy died after authorities say he was found unconscious at a migrant center in New York City.

The boy, who was not identified, was found unresponsive by authorities at around 5 p.m. local time at a makeshift migrant center in the lobby of the Stratford Arms Hotel located in Manhattan's Upper West Side, according to the New York Post, West Side Rag and Fox affiliate WNYW.

He was rushed to Mt. Sinai-West Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, according to WNYW.

Police sources told the New York Post that when authorities found him, there had been a shoelace around his neck. A New York Police Department (NYPD) spokesperson told the West Side Rag that the police don’t suspect foul play and believe it was a possible suicide.

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No arrests have been made in the death, police told Fox 5 New York.

The NYPD explained to the outlets that the medical examiner is currently working to determine the boy’s cause of death. The investigation into the incident is still ongoing.

The NYPD did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for a statement.

New York Upper West Side Council Member Gale Brewer, who visited the shelter on Tuesday following the death, called the incident “devastating.”

“It is devastating to lose a child, not only for the family, but for the community at the hotel,” Brewer commented to the West Side Rag.

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The hotel was one of two emergency shelters that opened in recent months following a surge of migrants entering N.Y.C. this year. Mayor Eric Adams announced in June that he would open shelters at 117 W. 70th St. as well as 205 and 207 W. 85th St. in Manhattan's Upper West Side. This decision came as the New York Post reported that the number of migrant arrivals topped 74,000.

“New York City is facing a humanitarian crisis unlike any other before,” Adams said at the time. “With more than 47,000 asylum seekers still in the city’s care and thousands continuing to arrive each week, we need a national decompression strategy to handle this national issue.”

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More migrants have since sought shelter in the city, with approximately 3,600 people seeking asylum arriving in N.Y.C. the week after Thanksgiving, per another report from the New York Post. With the increase in numbers, Adams noted, according to the outlet, that the city was “facing a humanitarian crisis unlike any other before.”

He further reiterated the struggles of taking in so many migrants without government assistance after a trip to Washington D.C. last week to lobby for migrant funding.

“I left with the cold reality that help is not on the way in the immediate future,” Adams said on Friday, per Politico. “We did not walk out from D.C. with any level of optimism that anything is going to drastically change. It is clear that for the time being, this crisis is going to be carried by the cities.”

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