A New York police officer jumped to his death Tuesday after jumping from the roof of a building in Queens, the NYPD reported.
The officer, whose name has not been immediately released, was found dead just before 12:30 p.m. after jumping from the top of the LeFrak City Apartments in Elmhurst, near where the New York Police Department’s Medical Division is located. York, authorities said.
According to police sources and records, the officer joined the force in 2017, and was assigned to the 121st Precinct in Staten Island, where he was transferred in September 2022, the New York Post reported.
Sources claimed the officer had been placed on restricted duty, but it was not clear when or why the NYPD put him on a desk assignment, taking his service weapons, according to multiple sources.
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