Yellow caution barriers block the entrance to the Massachusetts Transportation Building in the 2 Boylston Place alley on Thursday Feb. 13, 2025. ECPD sent a community advisory telling students and staff to stay away from the area. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)
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Feb 14, 2025, 10:00 am
Emerson College Police Department announced that “the investigation at the State Transportation Building has been completed and the building is now open to the public” in an email sent to the Emerson community Friday morning.
The circumstances of the death are still unknown to the public.
A police investigation is ongoing in the ground floor of the State Transportation Building Thursday morning that “may impact [the] ability to access Emerson College facilities on the second floor,” the Emerson College Police Department (ECPD) wrote in a community-wide email.
At 7 a.m., a person fell from “an unspecified height” and was pronounced dead on the scene by Boston EMS, according to the Massachusetts State Police. The Suffolk District Attorney’s Office said there was nothing “suspicious” about the incident
“There is no danger to the Emerson Community, I ask that anyone on campus avoid this area while the police investigation continues,” the statement from ECPD Deputy Chief Robert Bousquet read.
The transportation building is located next to Emerson, as the adjacent 2 Boylston Place alley is a shared space between the college and the city.
ECPD told The Beacon they could not “comment on any investigation being conducted by another agency” but that they will notify the Emerson community when the area is clear.
Privacy barriers and caution gates were set up closing the majority of the lobby of the Massachusetts Transportation Building on Thursday Feb. 13, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)
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Yogev Toby (He/Him) is a junior journalism student and Projects Editor for the Berkeley Beacon. After moving to the United States from Israel, Yogev completed his associates degree at Portland Community College and transferred to Emerson. Yogev has years of experience in field reporting and multimedia journalism from his service as a combat photographer; he specializes in writing, photography, and videography. He is also the managing editor of WEBN TV. Outside of journalism, Yogev enjoys hiking, rock climbing, and watching films.
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