Man falls from third floor of building near Chicago's downtown area: police

A man was hospitalized in critical condition Monday night after falling from the third floor of a building in Chicago's Near North Side neighborhood.

Around 7:52 p.m., police say officers were responding to a residential trespass in the 500 block of West Elm Street when they were waved down by a witness who saw an unknown man on the fifth floor balcony of a building jumping down to lower level balconies.

According to police, the witness observed the man slip on the third floor and fall to the ground below him.

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The man sustained blunt force trauma to the body and was taken to Northwestern Hospital in critical condition, police said.

The investigation is ongoing.

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