NYPD recruit dies following medical episode at Bronx training facility, just days before graduation

Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police recruit has died after suffering a medical episode at a training facility in the Bronx, just days before he was set to graduate. The New York Police Department says 33-year-old probationary police officer Edgar Ordonez lost consciousness Wednesday at a base used by police for weapons and tactical training. He was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. An NYPD spokesperson says the death did not involve gunfire. Authorities were investigating whether he may have suffered heat stroke or a heart attack. The police department’s largest union described Ordonez as a “beacon of joy and positive energy for his fellow recruits.”