73-Year-Old Man Dies in Fall from Sixth Floor Window While Escaping Home Invaders: Police
Mar. 15, 2025The window of 73-year-old Jacinto Remigo’s apartment.Photo:CBS New York/Youtube
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A 73-year-old man has died after falling from a sixth-floor apartment window while trying to escape a home invasion in Manhattan.
Jacinto Remigo plunged to his death from his apartment in Washington Heights after three burglars broke in at around 4:40 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23, the New York Police Department confirmed to PEOPLE.
Police said that a man broke into a sixth-floor window of the building and let the other burglars in. They then broke into Remigo’s apartment where they tied up a 40-year-old man and stole a gold chain and $200 in cash before leaving the scene.
Remigo climbed out of the window in an attempt to escape during the burglary. The man who was tied up is believed to be related to Remigo,NBC New York,CBS NewsandABC 7reported. He was not hurt in the incident, the outlets added.
Tragically, Remigo fell from the window and landed on the scaffolding just before 5:00 a.m. He was transported to Harlem Hospital where he was later pronounced dead, per CBS News.
73-year-old Jacinto Remigo’s apartment building.Google Maps
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It is not clear whether the suspects knew the victims involved in the burglary and the NYPD has not named any suspects at this time.
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“Two flights down. What if they had stopped on this floor? Or the floor before or somebody else? God knows what could’ve happened. It’s kind of scary now,” Ramsundarsingh continued.
“When you think about it, it’s only two floors up, and you have no idea that someone just lost their life two floors up. It goes to show one minute you’re here and the next minute you’re gone.”
Police are asking anyone with any information about the incident to contact NYPD’s Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or submit a confidential tip via their website or on Twitter, @NYPDTips.
source: people.com
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