Teen and Man Found Dead on NYCHA Rooftops
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Police are investigating the deaths of a Bedford-Stuyvesant teen and a 59-year-old man whose bodies are linked to two separate public housing rooftops.
On Tuesday evening, Dec. 19, at the Marlboro Houses in Gravesend, police responded to a burglary on the seventh floor of the Avenue V building. When the officers investigated, they realized no burglary had actually taken place; instead, they found the body of a 59-year-old man, who possibly fell from the roof, police said.
The unidentified man — whose name was not released pending family notification — was taken to Coney Island Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The city’s medical examiner will determine the cause of death as the police continue their investigation.