Denver Man Falls To Death From Balcony

DENVER (AP) - Authorities say a Denver man who fell to his death from an apartment building was intoxicated and was trying to climb into his own apartment after locking himself out.

Jeremy Shipley, 24, fell some 40 feet early Sunday. A police report says Shipley was trying to climb to his fourth-floor balcony because he locked himself out of his apartment.

Shipley fell while climbing, landing on the first-floor balcony of another residence. Witnesses called police, and Shipley was pronounced dead at Denver Health Medical Center. An autopsy was scheduled for Tuesday.

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