Brooklyn man leaps 15 stories to his death
Text messages to his son indicated suicidal thoughts: cops
BY Kerry Burke & Sarah Armaghan
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Wednesday, December 28 2011, 4:56 PM
Wednesday, December 28 2011, 4:56 PM
Todd Maisel/New York Daily News A man jumped to his death Wednesday from 15th floor of 245 Wortman Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn.
A troubled man jumped to his death from a Brooklyn rooftop Wednesday in front of horrified bystanders below, police and witnesses said.
Neighbors identified the man as Dwayne Fagan, 48, a devout Jehovah’s Witness, who plunged 15 stories to his death.
Before his death, the suicidal man warned of hurting himself in a series of disturbing texts messages between him and a family member, a police source said.
Fagan left his seventh-floor apartment in the Linden Houses in East New York and headed toward the roof around 12:45 p.m., sources said.
A ledge above the the building’s entrance broke Fagan’s fall, before he tumbled to the ground, cops and witnesses said.
“I saw him land — it was so loud,” said eyewitness Antoinette George, 25, who lives in the same building on Wortman Ave. near Van Siclen Ave. “I thought someone had thrown an air conditioner off the roof. I screamed and screamed for a minute straight.”
“All his limbs were broken” the startled woman said. “He was lifeless.”