PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (WDNews) – Authorities have ruled the death of a man who fell from a Panama City Beach condominium balcony last month as a suicide.
Whit Majors, director of operations for the District 14th Medical Examiner’s Office, reports confirmed that a 29-year-old man from Kentucky died Aug. 22 after jumping from a balcony at Sunbird Condominiums, located at 9840 S. Thomas Drive.
The death was ruled a suicide when the physician completed the death certificate. An autopsy report is still pending, and toxicology results have not yet been released to determine whether drugs or alcohol played a role.
According to earlier reports from the Panama City Beach Police Department, officers responded to a 911 call that day about an individual who had fallen from a balcony. Responding officers found the man with injuries consistent with a traumatic fall. Life-saving efforts were attempted before he was transported to a local hospital, where he later died.
