The man was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital in critical condition where he later died.
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Authorities say a handcuffed man seeking to avoid arrest died after he crashed through the third-floor window glass of a downtown office building and fell 40 feet to the ground.
Just before 10:30 a.m., the man was at the Fulton County Superior Court Diversion Center at 34 Peachtree Street NW when he was discovered to have had a gun. Atlanta police and the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office Department of Internal Affairs are investigating the incident. This admission was a violation of his bond; officers took him into custody. Deputies had placed the man in handcuffs and put him in a conference room, when he attempted to escape by jumping.
The man was in “extremely c…” Russell said she didn’t immediately have information on the man’s case.
According to witnesses, the man stood up and dove headfirst through the window.
The leap occurred at the Atlanta offices of a pretrial services program that gathers information on people who face criminal charges, those booked into jail and others.
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While awaiting a pre-trial intervention hearing, an as of yet unidentified drug suspect killed himself in police custody in Atlanta.
