Officers and Fort Lee paramedics found the boy lying unresponsive on the ground outside of at 1600 Center Ave., around 10 p.m., borough police chief Matthew J. Hintze said.
Lifesaving efforts and CPR were unsuccessful and the boy, believed to be 16, was pronounced dead.
The Bergen County Sheriff’s Department’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Medical Examiner’s Office responded to the scene. The investigation remains ongoing.
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