LAist: Man Commits Suicide by Jumping off of the Fwy-14 Overpass

Elise Thompson

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:32:00 -0800

Are you thinking of Daniel Jones? It raised a number of wthical questions about live coverage in the media http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE0D7103EF931A35756C0A96E958260&sec=health

entschuldigen

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:28:16 -0800

there was another suicide on the freeway awhile back. a man pulls to the side of the barrier and shoots himself in the head with a shotgun. does anyone know anything who the man was?

Gene

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:26:18 -0800

I saw the guy on the ledge of the freeway overpass contemplating to jump around 1:45pm coming back from the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health Conference in Valencia. I was praying for this guy in jeans and white t-shirt not to jump. May God have mercy on his soul.

Micah

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:09:10 -0800

Whoa... I drove right past that guy this morning at about 11:10am on my way up for an oil change/smog inspection. The guy was stopped on the interchange that heads from the 5 going southbound to the 14. As I was going northbound, I saw a stopped car and then some guy sitting on the ledge. I didn't think TOO much of it except how weird it would be if he was trying to commit suicide or if he jumped while I was driving by. So I sat there for a few seconds just getting a glimpse as I quickly sped up the interstate. Traffic was almost back to normal to moderate on my way back around 3pm this afternoon. So I didn't think anything of it again until I read this. How tragic.

JP

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:19:52 -0800

This is sad. Although blaming onlookers for this is nuts. That's like blaming Marilyn Manson for school shootings. If dude was upset enough to get up there and jump, that's 100% his doing. If he was 'motivated' by onlookers, that's still his choice.