N.J. Sheriff's Officer Dies in Fall from Window of 9-Story Building
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Hudson County Sheriff’s Officer Justin Rivera, 29, died after falling from a ninth-floor window of the Hudson County Administration Building in Jersey City on Friday morning.
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Witnesses saw the fall and officers attempted CPR before Rivera, a former Bayonne police officer, was pronounced dead at the hospital.
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The fall is under investigation, but authorities believe it was accidental.
By Jessica Schladebeck
Source New York Daily News
A sheriff’s officer is dead after he fell from a window on the ninth floor of an administrative building in Jersey City, officials said.
The tragedy unfolded Friday morning at the Hudson County Administration Building, which includes several county government offices, including the sheriff’s office, according to a statement from the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office.
Witness Steve Roosen said he was nearby when the officer — who has since been identified as 29-year-old Justin Rivera — plunged to his death just after 9:20 a.m.
“I heard glass shatter and then immediately looked up, and saw a guy coming straight down,” Roosen told CBS News. “I saw the officers perform CPR, maybe, three times, and then just stop.”
Rivera, a Hudson County sheriff’s officer who was on duty at the time, was rushed to Jersey City Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead around 10 a.m.
“Today is one of the saddest and most horrific days that the Hudson County Sheriff’s Office has ever experienced,” Sheriff Frank Schillari said. “We lost an excellent officer today and an outstanding young man.”
An investigation into Rivera’s death is ongoing, but authorities at this time believe it to be accidental in nature.
Rivera, a former police officer in Bayonne, leaves behind a young daughter.
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