Woman dies in apparent suicide
ERIC MORRISON
JUNEAU EMPIRE
A woman died in an apparent suicide after jumping from the eighth floor balcony of the State Office Building at about 1:40 p.m. today.
She was rushed to Bartlett Regional Hospital and pronounced dead.
Juneau Police Department officers are trying to identify her and notify next of kin. She appeared to be in her 60s and was wearing light blue jeans, a brown T-shirt, sandals and sunglasses with purple lenses.
Police received a report at about 1:15 p.m. about a man talking to a woman standing on the edge of the building. The man, identified as a maintenance worker in the building, had been trying to talk the woman away from the ledge when officers arrived, according to a police statement.
Police closed off Willoughby Avenue around 1:25 p.m. More than a dozen onlookers gathered nearby. The woman was visibly distraught as she spoke with police.
Willoughby Avenue remained closed for about an hour after the incident as officers conducted their investigation.
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