The Syracuse Academy of Science is admitting what it thought was a combination carbon monoxide/smoke detector unit in the building’s cafeteria was just a smoke detector, in a statement released to NewsChannel 9.

City has ordered the Syracuse Academy of Science to remain closed until detectors are installed. School officials say man's death unrelated to the gas

It might be another day before an autopsy proves what killed a school janitor at the Syracuse Academy of Science High School whose body was found in the midst of a carbon monoxide leak. When the body was discovered by another staff member Tuesday morning,

The discovery of the carbon monoxide was made when emergency crews responded to a report of a body being found in the school's cafeteria.

Five adults were transported and another seven were treated at the scene for carbon monoxide symptoms, Syracuse fire officials said.