NEW YORK (AP) - Authorities are investigating the death of a 15-year-old boy who fell off a Bronx apartment building fire escape.
Police say Leonardo Marmolejos was discovered in a courtyard on Briggs Avenue in Bedford Park just after 6 a.m. Thursday. He was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Police say the teen is suspected of falling from a fifth floor fire escape outside his home.
The medical examiner is to determine the exact cause of death.
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