Crime & Safety
Police Investigate 8-Year-Old Brooklyn Boy's Death
Police are investigating the death of Sincere Hilliard, 8, found struggling to breathe in his Cypress Hills home Monday morning.
CYPRESS HILLS, BROOKLYN — Police are investigating the death of an 8-year-old boy found struggling to breathe in his home Monday morning.
Emergency responders found Sincere Hilliard unconscious in his Bradford Street home near Atlantic Avenue just after 3:40 a.m., police said.
Hilliard was rushed to Brookdale Hospital but doctors were unable to save Hilliard's life, police said.
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The Medical Examiner will determine how Hilliard died, and police noted he showed no obvious signs of trauma.
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