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Name withheld by police
Other
Gender
Male
Nationality
United States
Marital Status
Unknown
Date of Death
07/31/2011
Location
Sixth St. and San Julian St. Los Angeles CA 90014 Los Angeles
Cause of Death
No
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.
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Alleged Responsible Party
Los Angeles Police Department
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National Anthem
United States