2 Dead in New York After Man Jumps Off Hudson Valley Building

An investigation is underway after a man jumped from a building and landed on another man.

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Yonkers police officers and detectives are investigating an apparent suicide incident at 77 Locust Hill Avenue.

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Authorities believe a 25-year-old man jumped from a large building and landed on top of another man below, killing both.

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The preliminary investigation shows the unnamed "distraught" 25-year-old man jumped from the building on Locust Hill Avenue in Yonkers, falling 12 stories onto the concrete parking garage roof below and striking a 61-year-old man, police say.

Both men were pronounced dead at the scene.

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Investigators are interviewing witnesses and family members while also reviewing surveillance video. Police have not released the names or hometowns of either man.

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"The incident appears to be a tragic situation and the investigation is ongoing," the Yonkers Police Department wrote in a press release. "The City of Yonkers and Yonkers Police Department offers its sincere condolences to the families of both men."

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