Source: WISH-TV / WISH-TV
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. –Two people were found dead Wednesday night after police say they fell from an apartment building near Purdue University.
Just after 9 p.m., West Lafayette police and fire crews responded to a report of two people unresponsive in the 100 block of Pierce Street in the alley behind Campus Edge Apartments.
Despite first responders and a bystander’s life-saving measures, both “subjects” were pronounced dead at the scene, police say.
West Lafayette Police Department Cpt. Adam Ferguson said in a statement, “Preliminary information appears to indicate that the two died after a fall from the Campus Edge apartment building. The exact circumstances surrounding the fall remain under investigation.”
Investigators believe it was an isolated incident, and there is no apparent danger to the public.
The immediate families of the victims have been notified. However, the names are being withheld at this time. The exact cause and manner of death will be released by the Tippecanoe County Coroner’s Office.
