Boy, 13, plummets 20 floors to his death from a Midtown Manhattan apartment building while doing homework on a terrace
- Teen, reportedly identified as Matthew Pierre, was found shirtless on the ground outside Manhattan Plaza apartment complex on West 43rd Street
- The 13-year-old had been doing homework on the terrace of the family’s 20th-floor unit before the fall at around 7am
- His mother and sister were at home at the time of the incident
A 13-year-old boy fell 20 stories to his death from the terrace of his family’s apartment in a Midtown Manhattan high-rise building early Monday morning.
The New York City Police Department confirmed that the incident took place shortly before 7am at the Manhattan Plaza housing complex located at 400 West 43rd Street near Ninth Avenue.
The child was found unresponsive and not wearing a shirt at the scene.
A 13-year-old boy, reportedly identified as Matthew Pierre, was found shirtless on the ground outside the Manhattan Plaza apartment complex on West 43rd Street early Monday
The boy had been doing homework on the terrace of the family’s 20th-floor unit before the fall
The New York Post reported that the boy, identified by the paper as Matthew Pierre, had been doing homework on the terrace shortly before the fall.
His mother and sister were at home at the time of the incident.
Police said in an emailed statement to Daily Mail that the child was found suffering from injuries consistent with a fall. He was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
Police are seen working at the scene outside the Manhattan Plaza apartment complex near Ninth Avenue on Monday
The child’s mother and sister were said to be at home inside the apartment at the time of his death before 7am
Alicia Keys was born at Manhattan Plaza and Samuel L Jackson previously worked as a security guard at the housing complex
‘No criminality [is] suspected at this time,’ an NYPD spokesperson added.
Manhattan Plaza is a 46-story, 1,688-unit, federally-subsidized housing tower, where, according to Hollywood Reporter, Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys was born and Oscar nominee Samuel L Jackson previously worked as a security guard.