A 17-year-old boy fell off one of the 6th Street Bridge’s arches and died May 20 while attempting to film a social media stunt, authorities said Tuesday.
Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) responded to the fall around 2 a.m. Saturday, Officer Melissa Podany told The Epoch Times. Paramedics transported the boy to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
“[The teen fell] when climbing upon one of the arches, in order to post, apparently, a social media broadcast,” Police Chief Michel Moore said at Tuesday’s meeting of the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners. “He slipped and fell to his death.”…