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Name withheld by police
United States · Died 07/31/2011
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An unidentified and apparently distraught man jumped from a third floor fire escape of a Skid Row building and missed the air mattress set out to catch him after police tried to talk him down for 4.5 hours while he threatened to jump. According to police, the man had been on the fire escape since 4:30 a.m., but had begun to communicate with them. An LAPD crisis negotiation team tried to coax the man off the fire escape, and firefighters set up air mattress underneath him. The man died from his injuries at a County hospital about half an hour after he jumped.
Alleged responsible partyLos Angeles Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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