Crime & Safety
After 6th Grader Chokes To Death At School In Yonkers, N.Y., Police Promise Full Investigation
According to sources, Jacob Medina, 12, started choking at around noon on Wednesday in a 4th-floor hallway at the school on McLean Ave.
June 12, 2026
Police said Thursday they launched a full investigating into the death of 12-year-old Jacob Medina, a Yonkers sixth grader who became unresponsive after choking at school.
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Sources said he was eating a doughnut when he started to choke at Justice Sonia Sotomayor Community School.
Medina, according to sources, started choking at around noon Wednesday in a 4th-floor hallway at the school on McLean Ave.
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