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73-Year-Old Man Dies After Falling from Window During Manhattan Home Invasion

Jacinto Remigio fell from his sixth-floor apartment while attempting to escape intruders who had tied up his son and stolen valuables.

  • The incident occurred early Saturday morning in Washington Heights, Manhattan, when three burglars broke into Jacinto Remigio's apartment.
  • One intruder entered through a fire escape window, allowing two accomplices to enter through the front door.
  • The burglars tied up Remigio's 40-year-old son and stole an $8,000 gold chain, $200 in cash, and a cell phone.
  • Remigio, 73, fell from a sixth-floor window onto scaffolding while reportedly trying to flee the scene and was later pronounced dead at Harlem Hospital.
  • The NYPD is investigating the case and searching for the three suspects, who were captured on surveillance footage entering the building.
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