73-Year-Old Man Falls to His Death While Escaping His Home from Invaders

A 73-year-old man died after falling from a sixth-floor apartment window while trying to escape a home invasion in Manhattan.

Jacinto Remigo fell to his death from his Washington Heights apartment around 4:40 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, after three burglars broke into it, the New York Police Department confirmed to PEOPLE.

Police say a man broke into the building’s sixth-floor window and allowed other burglars to break in. They then entered Remigo’s apartment, tied up a 40-year-old man and stole a gold chain and $200 in cash before leaving. scene.

Remigo went out the window to escape during the theft. The man tied up is believed to be related to Remigo. NBC New York, CBS News And alphabet 7 reported. Sources added that he was not injured in the incident.

Tragically, Remigo fell out of the window and landed on the scaffolding just before 5:00 am. He was transported to Harlem Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, according to CBS News.

In security camera footage obtained by CBS News, one of the suspects can be seen entering the apartment building by walking on the scaffolding around it and taking the elevator to the sixth floor. He then took his two accomplices inside after climbing the fire escape.

It is unclear whether the suspects knew the victims involved in the theft, and the NYPD has not named any suspects at this time.

Remigo’s friend, Heriberto Garcia, told NBC News he saw her “go out the window and climb onto a small ledge to reach another window before being stopped by an air conditioner.”

Neighbor Richard Ramsundarsingh, who lives two floors below the victim, said he woke up at the moment of the fall. “There was a huge explosion in the early morning hours. I heard the sound,” he told CBS News.

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“Two floors down. What if they stopped on this floor? Or the floor before, or someone else? God knows what could have happened. It’s a little scary now,” Ramsundarsingh continued.

“When you think about it, you’re only two floors up and you have no idea that someone has lost their life two floors up. It just goes to show that one minute you’re here and the next minute you’re gone.”

Police are asking anyone with any information regarding the incident to contact NYPD Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or submit a confidential tip via their website or on Twitter, @NYPDTips.