Man jumps to death after officers enter his apartment in Alexandria

WTOP/Dan Ronan

WTOP/Dan Ronan

WTOP/Dan Ronan

WTOP/Dan Ronan

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Authorities in Alexandria, Virginia, confirm that an unidentified man died Friday morning moments after law enforcement officials tried to arrest him at his King Street high-rise apartment building.

Authorities say the man eluded police as they entered the apartment and jumped to his death from his balcony.

Yellow police tape, numerous police cars and a tent where the body landed surrounded the Alexander apartment complex at 4300 King Street in Alexandria.

The FBI D.C. Field Office told WTOP that around 6 a.m. as officers were executing a court-authorized criminal arrest warrant, the man fled officers and jumped from a 15th-floor balcony onto King Street.

Agents attempted to perform lifesaving m