Crime & Safety
Google Worker Jumps To Death From Company's NYC Headquarters: Report
A 31-year-old senior software engineer leapt late Thursday from the search giant's Chelsea headquarters, according to a report.
NEW YORK CITY — A man jumped to his death from Google's New York City headquarters, according to a report.
The man — a 31-year-old senior software engineer — was found unconscious on 15th Street outside the Eighth Avenue building in Chelsea, the New York Post first reported.
He was pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital as NYPD officers investigated what happened, the Post reported.
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Cops found handprints on the ledge of an open-air terrace on the building's 14th floor, but no note or video, according to the report.
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