Naked Chinese Rapper Takes Running Jump From 15th Floor of University Dorm

NY Post
January 27, 2014

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Titan Lee-Hai jumped naked from a 15 storey roof, after a night of partying with a pal.

A stark-naked freshman who “looked like he was on drugs” plunged to his death from the roof of a New York University dorm early Monday – the first day of classes for the spring semester, cops and witnesses said.

Aspiring rapper Titan Lee-Hai, 19, from Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, plummeted 15 stories from the Third North Residence Hall at 75 Third Ave. near East 11th Street in the East Village about 3:20 a.m. after a night of partying with a pal, law enforcement sources told The Post.

Another student said the naked victim walked into an elevator he was riding in minutes before he died and punched him in the head for no reason.

“I was the last person to see him alive. I was in the elevator and he just walked in and punched me in the face and then he asked me where he was. He was naked when he walked in. So, it was pretty obvious he was not in his senses. He had no sense of where he was or what time it was,” said Shazim Khurshid, 19, a freshman. “He looked like he was on drugs, a lot of drugs.”

Khurshid said the victim – who lived on the second floor – rode to the top floor and opened a door to the roof, triggering an alarm that forced students to evacuate before he either fell or jumped.

“I never saw him before. It is sad,” Khurshid said, adding that the teen urinated on the floor before getting into the elevator. “It was pretty obvious he was not in his senses.”

He was rushed to Bellevue Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Friends on Facebook described the victim as a talented rapper and producer.

“Just heard of the passing of a real friend and a genuine inspiration to my performance. He’s not only the guy who inspired me to try my hand at rap, he’s the person who worked on my entire mixtape with me,” wrote Brendon Jeremy O’Brien “R.I.P to one of Trinidad’s most prolific young talents Titan Lh……It was truly a great honor to have performed with you while you were alive,” added Ayinde NinjaBoi Nurse Sources said the victim did not leave a note, and was alone on the roof at the time.

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