Police ID Minneapolis man who fell to his death from downtown parking ramp

The incident occurred shortly after 3 a.m. Sunday outside the C Ramp in the 300 block of N. 2nd Avenue, police said.

October 31, 2022 at 4:40PM

A man fell to his death, possibly accidentally, from a downtown Minneapolis parking ramp, officials said.

The incident occurred shortly after 3 a.m. Sunday outside the C Ramp in the 300 block of N. 2nd Avenue, police said.

A police report identified the man as Esteban P. Gutama-Jara, 22, of Minneapolis.

Police were notified of an unresponsive male in his 20s on the road near the ramp, and officers arrived to find that he was dead, said police spokesman Garrett Parten.

"Preliminary information indicates that the male fell, possibly accidentally, from the parking ramp onto the roadway," a statement from Parten read. "This is an open death investigation. Investigators are working to pinpoint what happened."

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office is trying to determine the cause of the man's death, Parten said.

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