In a Facebook Live video, Jamel Chandler, 21, of Brooklyn, N.Y., said that he hadnβt been home for a month and that cops were knocking at his door to arrest him. In an attempt to evade arrest, Chandler tied together some bedsheets and tried to escape from a window of the 11th-floor apartment where he was staying. But he plummeted to his death.
βCops is at my door. They looking for me right now. They about to arrest me ... Iβm about to get arrested, theyβre about to lock me up. Tune in, tune in, tune in,β Chandler told his Facebook Live audience.
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According to the New York City Police Department, Chandler was a suspect in the robbery of a livery driver.
βIβm about to go to jail ... and I ainβt been home a whole month,β he said. βIβm about to jump out the window. Iβm on the 11th floor. Iβm about to jump, bro, jump. If you want to jump, let me know. They right there, bro.β
According to the New York Daily News, Chandler had recently been released from prison after serving a four-year sentence. His mother, Joyce Ford, referred to her son as a βhappy-go-lucky person.β
Police eventually arrested Chandlerβs alleged accomplice in the robbery, who lived in the same building. Ford is requesting a full investigation into her sonβs death to make sure that foul play by the officers wasnβt involved.
Read more at the New York Daily News.
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