An NYPD sergeant died of a possible heart attack at work early Saturday, officials and police sources said.
The sergeant, assigned to the NYPD’s 50th Precinct station house on Kingsbridge Avenue in The Bronx, was discovered unconscious and unresponsive inside the third-floor locker room at the precinct at 12:20 a.m., the sources said.
He was identified as Sgt. Ryan Kenny, an 18-year veteran of the force, by NYPD Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison.
EMS transported Kenny to Allen Pavilion Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the sources said.
Less than an hour later, the NYPD lost another member when Det. Shantay Neal-Baker, a 20-year veteran, succumbed to COVID-19 complications, Harrison said.
“Please keep their family, friends, and colleagues in your thoughts and prayers,” the chief said.
Additional reporting by Dean Balsamini