Thursday, August 5, 2010

[Update] Police investigating death on 14th Street



A reader notes that police are on the scene at 333 E. 14th St. According to the reader, there is a body on the sidewalk covered with a gray tarp. Witnesses say that the victim, a woman, may have jumped from the building. Police are on the scene and investigating.



The medical examiner and news crews arrived simualtanesouly, the reader said.

Update 8:27 p.m.: Two other readers were also on the scene... several people there are telling police that they saw the victim jump.

Update 9:15 a.m.: According to the Post, police said the death appears to be a suicide. The victim was 36.

(And some classy comments in the Post on this tragedy...)
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 4, 2010 at 9:05 PM

    Not the first person to jump from that building either.

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  2. cheeseAugust 4, 2010 at 9:12 PM

    So sad.

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  3. AnonymousAugust 5, 2010 at 10:18 AM

    This is terrible. How sad. My heart goes out to this woman's family.

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