Texas teen dies after sleepover chokehold
SAN MARCOS, Texas -- Police in Texas say a 17-year-old has died after being placed in a chokehold while wrestling with another teen at a sleepover.
San Marcos police say Elijah Hernandez died early Sunday morning. He and six other friends were at a home for a sleepover when he and another 17-year-old started wrestling, with the teen putting Hernandez in a chokehold neck restraint and telling him to indicate when he was giving up, according to police.
When the teen passed out, the other teen released his hold. Police say the father at the house started CPR and 911 was called.
Hernandez was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. His official cause of death is pending an autopsy.
San Marcos police spokesperson Kristi Wyatt says police are unlikely to press charges in the case.