Man jumps from the roof of FIT building, pronounced dead

Man jumps from the roof of FIT building, pronounced dead
The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), in New York City, which is ranked among the top five fashion schools in the world. Its notable alumni include Carolina Herrera, Calvin Klein and Michael Kors.

NEW YORK, NY – An unidentified male jumped from the roof of the nine-story Fashion Insitute of Technology building on West 27th Street on Sunday.

The incident happened at around 5:20 am when a security guard at the complex was alerted to an alarm. Upon investigating the incident, the security guard noticed a man running toward a ledge on the building’s roof.

He jumped before the security guard could intervene. He fell nine stories to his death. He was killed upon impact, the NYPD reported.

The man’s name has not been released at this time.