NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A 17-year-old boy died early Saturday (Aug. 15) after falling from a stairwell inside a Downtown New Orleans high-rise, New Orleans police said.
The department would not yet confirm that the deadly fall occurred within the derelict Plaza Tower, but listed the site of the incident as within the 1000 block of Howard Avenue. Plaza Tower, abandoned since it was damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, has an address of 1001 Howard Avenue.
The NOPD has scheduled a 2:30 p.m. news conference with Supt. Anne Kirkpatrick and Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Michael Harrison to discuss the incident…