Teen drowns in Dix Hills pool, cops say

Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the death of a Canadian teen who police said was found unresponsive in a backyard pool Sunday evening in Dix Hills.

Suffolk County police identified the victim as Abdul Brezault, 18, and said he was at the home on Lansdowne Lane for a family gathering when he was found unresponsive in the pool by Second Precinct officers responding to a 911 call at about 8:20 p.m.

Police said Brezault was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip, where he was pronounced dead.

Police said it is believed Brezault drowned, but said the circumstances remain under investigation.

A resident at the Lansdowne Lane home declined to comment.

Additional details were not immediately available.

With Keldy Ortiz

By John Valenti

john.valenti@newsday.com

John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”