Downtown Miami

A man plunged to his death near Miami River Landing restaurants and Publix

Miami police detectives and crime scene personnel at River Landing Shops & Residences Tuesday around 6 p.m., after a man jumped to his death from one of the walkways above them.
Miami police detectives and crime scene personnel at River Landing Shops & Residences Tuesday around 6 p.m., after a man jumped to his death from one of the walkways above them. dneal@miamiherald.com

A man jumped from a retail walkway at Miami’s River Landing Shops & Residences Tuesday afternoon, fatally landing near the exit to Publix and in front of the door to office space occupied by Jackson Health System and the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s office.

For several hours, a tent covered the body as police investigated, shoppers exited Publix about 20 yards away and customers of P.Pole and Fichelle French bakery dined at outdoor tables across the breezeway.

The man appeared to have jumped from the sixth floor retail walkway. Miami police Officer Kiara Delva said this happened around 4:30 p.m. at 1400 NW North River Dr. and was being investigated as a “suicide attempt related call.”

Until around 7 p.m., police allowed only residents of the twin high rise apartment buildings to come off Northwest 17th Avenue to eastbound North River Drive.

A tent covers the body of the man who jumped to his death at River Landing Shops in Miami, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024.
A tent covers the body of the man who jumped to his death at River Landing Shops in Miami, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. DAVID J. NEAL dneal@miamiherald.com

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.

This story was originally published November 19, 2024 at 7:10 PM.

David J. Neal
Miami Herald
Since 1989, David J. Neal’s domain at the Miami Herald has expanded to include writing about Panthers (NHL and FIU), Dolphins, old school animation, food safety, fraud, naughty lawyers, bad doctors and all manner of breaking news. He drinks coladas whole. He does not work Indianapolis 500 Race Day.
David Goodhue
Miami Herald
David Goodhue covers the Florida Keys and South Florida for FLKeysNews.com and the Miami Herald. Before joining the Herald, he covered Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware. 
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