Liam Payne ‘jumped from the balcony’ of his room, Argentine authorities confirm – Diario La Página –

Liam Payne “jumped from the balcony” of his hotel room, Argentine authorities confirm.

The former One Direction star died in Buenos Aires on Wednesday at the age of 31, so local authorities have now confirmed that he jumped from the balcony of his room at the CasaSur Hotel.

Pablo Policicchio, communications director of the Ministry of Security of Buenos Aires, confirmed the news to PEOPLE magazine.

Liam was pronounced dead after falling from the third floor of the hotel. The police arrived at the scene shortly after 5:00 p.m. local time, after being alerted to the situation by the hotel management.

In the first call made to emergency services, a hotel employee explained: “We have a guest drunk on drugs and alcohol. When he is conscious, he breaks everything in the room… We have a guest who is destroying everything. “We need help.”

In a follow-up call, the employee added: “We need someone to be sent urgently because I don’t know if the guest’s life is in danger. He is in a room that has a balcony. And well, we are a little worried that he will do something, that he will put his life in danger.

Local police previously confirmed that an investigation was underway to establish the circumstances surrounding the tragedy.

Meanwhile, toxicological and pathological studies of blood and urine are still continuing to determine any trace of drugs.

The police found a bottle of whiskey, a lighter and a white powder in the room, as well as medications, including clonazepam – which is used to treat epilepsy, panic disorders or involuntary muscle spasms – and energy pills.

A notebook and Liam’s passport were seized and handed over to investigators, who also seized a phone that could belong to the former One Direction singer.