Depressed man falls to death in mall

A MAN who is suffering from depression fell to his death from the third floor of SM City Bacolod Tuesday, December 11.

Sunstar Bacolod withheld the name of the 43-year-old victim from Barangay Alijis.

Based on the investigation of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO), the victim allegedly committed

suicide by jumping off the shopping mall’s third floor at 10:16 a.m.

The victim was suffering from depression and had four suicide attempts previously, according to his wife.

He was rushed to a hospital, where he was declared dead.

The management of SM City Bacolod, in a statement on their Facebook page, said: “an incident occurred in SM City Bacolod involving a male customer. He was immediately attended to and brought to the nearby hospital by our emergency response team and City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO). An investigation is currently ongoing.”

May Castro, media and public relations manager of SM City Bacolod, said it was the third incident which happened at the mall.

Castro said their emergency response team immediately assisted the victim and his wife to the hospital.

In February 2017, a 17year-old boy believed to have “love problems” was injured after he jumped from the second floor of the said shopping mall.

In March 2016, a German national leaped to his death from the third floor of the same shopping mall after he was brokenhearted when his Negrense partner allegedly duped him.*