Police probe graffiti angle after teen dies in five-storey Sydney fall
Police are investigating if a 17-year-old boy was planning to graffiti a Sydney building before he fell to his death overnight.
The teenager was with two friends in a building on Elizabeth Street in Surry Hills on Tuesday night when he fell five storeys.
Teenager dies in five-storey Sydney fall during suspected graffiti attempt. 9News
It is unclear if he was on a ledge or fell from a window, and police are investigating if the group was climbing up the building to explore it or looking to graffiti the building.
Paramedics and police arrived at the scene about 9pm and found the boy with critical injuries.
Despite the efforts of paramedics, he couldn’t be saved and died at the scene.
The boy fell from the building last night. 9News
His two friends were uninjured but were treated at the scene for shock.
Police investigations are continuing, but the death is not being treated as suspicious.
Instead, officers suspect it was a sad case of misadventure.
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