A man dressed in pajamas on Thursday, August 17 jumped from the roof of the 750ft Deutsche Bank Center before plunging through the front of the Mandarin Oriental, leading to his death.
Daily Mail Online reports that the victim was sliced in half before hitting the busy New York City sidewalk outside the apartment complex where Jay-Z, Cynthia Nixon and Gisele own apartments.
According to the report, the incident occurred at the prestigious right-hand tower of 80 Columbus Circle, formerly the Time Warner Center, address in Midtown at 9:06pm, according to police.
A building employee had told Daily News: “The marquee cut him in half”. The New York Post added that the man was dismembered, with an arm found across the street.
A police officer at the scene said the man was wearing pajama bottoms, a print T-shirt and slippers. Though believed not to have been a guest at the hotel, which lies on the top 19 floors of the 55-storey Deutsche Bank Centre tower, it is understood that he took a service elevator to the roof before jumping, police sources revealed.
The unidentified man was pronounced dead at the scene, with grisly images showing the body covered in a blanket on the sidewalk.
Glass and debris could be seen around the corpse, which lay on the street outside the twin luxury glass tower building which used to host CNN’s newsrooms and where apartments can now sell for $19 million.
The New York Police Department told Daily Mail that the victim’s identity had yet to be known and that investigation is still ongoing.
