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46-Year-Old Man Found Dead in Mets' Citi Field After Falling from Staircase

A 46-year-old man attending a Dead & Company concert Friday at Citi Field, the home of the New York Mets, died after falling from a second-floor staircase.

Per NYPD detective Sophia Mason (h/t Liam Reilly and Alaa Elassar of CNN), police arrived on scene at 9:05 p.m. ET Friday and "observed EMS personnel attending to a 46-year-old male who was suffering from injuries consistent with a fall from an elevated position."

The man was transported to New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Numerous sources stated that the man was attempting a body flip.