Cops probe death of man at Harlem shelter after he allegedly assaulted female staff member

Detectives are investigating an incident at a Harlem shelter for autistic individuals on Friday afternoon in which a man who attacked a staff member later died after being restrained by other workers. Officers from the 25th Precinct were called to the Quality Services for the Autism Community Shelter located at 3 East 129th St. just before 5:45 p.m. on Oct. 23 after receiving a 911 call regarding an assault in progress. When they arrived, the cops discovered a 33-year-old man, being restrained by shelter staff on the floor, apparently unconscious and unresponsive. Police sources said the officers learned that the man had, moments earlier, assaulted a 54-year-old female staff member for reasons that were not yet known. The sources could not immediately confirm whether the man was a shelter resident. After attacking the worker, police sources noted, other shelter staff restrained the man, and he wound up losing consciousness. The responding officers performed CPR on the man and calle