A 20-year-old man died Wednesday evening after suffering injuries consistent with a fall from an elevated position near 2182 Broadway at West 77th Street, according to the NYPD. Officers responded to a 911 call reporting an unconscious person at 5:58 p.m. and found the man unresponsive at the scene. EMS pronounced him dead there.
The address sits at the base of The Larstrand, a 20-story luxury rental tower completed in 2013 that includes residential apartments and a landscaped rooftop deck, according to Highline Residential. Police, FDNY units and ambulances converged on the intersection of West 77th Street and Broadway, and the road was cordoned off during the emergency response, as reported by iLovetheUpperWestSide.com. A first responder performed chest compressions on the man before he was pronounced dead.
Police have not released the man’s name pending notification of his family. Under city protocol, the NYC Office of Chief Medical Examiner holds statutory jurisdiction to investigate deaths resulting from fatal falls, suspected suicides, accidents or sudden unattended occurrences, and formal identification typically requires visual confirmation, fingerprints, medical or dental records, or DNA analysis before an identity is officially released.
What Dispatch Radio Captured
Emergency dispatch alerts issued during the initial response classified the call as a confirmed jumper down, aided in traumatic arrest, at West 77th Street and Broadway, per the same outlet’s reporting. That classification reflects preliminary field observations radioed in by first responders, not a determination of cause or manner of death, which remains pending. Police say their investigation into the circumstances of the fall is ongoing…