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The medical examiner has determined that a teenager who died in police custody died by suicide.

This comes days after a rally was held outside of the 41st Precinct in The Bronx, where 18-year-old Saniyah Cheatham was held. Cheatham's family says she was on her way home from a cookout when she got into a fight with her girlfriend and was arrested for disorderly conduct.

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The family said Saniyah Cheatham loved writing and was an "A" student after finishing her freshman year at Bronx Community College.