Man falls off Bronx fire escape, plunges to his death

By KERRY BURKE, GRAHAM RAYMAN and JOHN ANNESENEW YORK DAILY NEWS |DEC 05, 2019 | 2:35 PM

A Bronx restaurant delivery worker fell to his death from the fire escape of his Bronx apartment building early Thursday, and his distraught family is demanding answers.

Police believe Gerardo Villano, 24, slipped on a patch of ice on the fire escape of his building on Grand Concourse near E. 178th St. in Mount Hope and plunged four stories to an interior courtyard at about 5:20 a.m. He was declared dead at the scene.

“We don’t know what’s going on. We don’t know who he was with or what happened,” said his brother, Carmello Villano, 32. “We want a full investigation.”

The fire escape, which appeared to have no ice on it Thursday afternoon, is on the opposite side of the building from where Villano lived, the victim’s brother said.

Eyewitness Anthony Medina said he looked out the window to see Villano face up, his mouth open, after he hit the ground.

“He was foaming from the both and bleeding from his nose. I was in shock,” Medina said.

“We don’t know how he ended up on the other side of the building. He doesn’t know anyone over there. He doesn’t know anyone in the building,” said the deceased man’s brother.

Villano, who delivered food for several restaurants, came to the U.S. from Guerrero, Mexico , about a month and a half ago, where several of his family members still live.

“He wanted to provide for his mom and dad,” said his sister-in-law, Estella Enrique, 27. “He came to this country for a better life. This is a terrible tragedy.”

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