A New Jersey sheriff’s officer plunged to his demise when he fell out of a ninth-floor window in Jersey Metropolis on Friday morning.
Hudson County Sheriff’s Officer Justin Rivera was on obligation with at the very least two different officers contained in the Hudson County Administrative Constructing on Newark Avenue simply earlier than 9:30 a.m. when the tragedy occurred.
First responders discovered the 29-year-old officer exterior the constructing on Central Avenue and transported him to Jersey Metropolis Medical Middle, the place he was pronounced lifeless roughly half-hour later, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez introduced.
Suarez didn’t reveal the explanation for Rivera’s deadly fall, however dominated that Rivera’s demise “appears to be accidental in nature at this time.”
One witness recalled listening to glass break earlier than watching Rivera hit the bottom.
“I heard glass shatter and then immediately looked up, and saw a guy coming straight down,” witness Steve Roosen instructed CBS New York. “I saw the officers perform CPR, maybe, three times, and then just stop.”
Roosen mentioned he noticed two individuals looking the damaged window all the way down to the road after the incident.
No reason behind demise was introduced as officers await the outcomes from the health worker’s workplace.
The Hudson County Administrative Constructing was closed to the general public on the time due to an unrelated energy outage.
Tributes poured in for Rivera Friday afternoon as native officers remembered him as a superb officer and an excellent younger man.
“Officer Justin Rivera was just 29 years old and he had his whole life ahead of him. But now because of a tragic accident he is gone. Nothing that we say or do can change that,” Hudson County Sheriff Frank Schillari mentioned.
“(He) was a great young officer who exemplified the highest ideals of integrity, compassion and professionalism. He is lost to us all but he will never be forgotten.”
The Hudson County Sheriff’s Superior Fraternal Order of Police memorialized their fallen member.
“Officer Rivera was a valued member of our department and a dedicated public servant who served our community with honor, integrity, and unwavering commitment. His loss is felt deeply across our ranks and throughout the community they so faithfully protected,” the order mentioned. “Rest in peace, Officer Rivera. Your service will never be forgotten.”
Rivera, a father, lived in Bayonne, the place he coached boxing out of his household’s martial arts studio, CBS New York reported.
Bayonne Mayor Jimmy Davis known as Rivera’s demise a “tragic loss” of one among his metropolis’s protectors.
“We are all heartbroken over the tragic loss of life of one of Bayonne’s protectors. A Hudson County Sheriff’s Officer, Bayonne resident, and once Bayonne Police Officer died while on duty in JC this morning. The City of Bayonne offers up our condolences to his family,” Davis wrote on X.
