Earlier this morning reports came in of a "fatal jumper down" at East 89th Street and Park Avenue. Disturbingly, news soon followed that it was a child who jumped or fell from the roof of a school (the Post is reporting it was from an 11th floor window). Now WCBS sheds some more light on the incident, noting the deceased is a 17-year-old male who was found DOA outside of UES's Dalton School (a co-ed private school with about 1,300 students attending). No specifics as to how the fall happened have been reported, but ABC notes that the school has "closed all the shades to keep students inside the building from seeing the scene outside."
UPDATE:1010Wins reports, "Authorities said that he went to an 11th floor dance studio, opened a window and jumped on Wednesday. His mother was at the scene. The teen's brother also attends Dalton. The boy had won academic awards and was involved in school activities, including its Web site."
