The new Pixar Pulse parking lot under construction next to the Mickey and Friends building at the Disneyland Resort on Monday, March 25, 2019 in Anaheim, California. (Photo: Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A man who committed suicide by jumping from the Pixar Pals parking lot is the third suicide in less than a year at the Disneyland Garage complex, where thousands of tourists enter and exit the Anaheim theme park resort each day.
Anaheim Police Department reported that on Wednesday, Nov. 15, at approximately 9:30 p.m., someone jumped from the Pixar Pals parking lot at the Disneyland Resort at 1100 W. Magic Way, according to Anaheim Police Public Information Officer Sergeant John Rodger. responded to a report that John McClintock.
The man was found dead at the scene, and police are investigating the incident as a suicide.
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The Orange County Coroner’s Office identified the man as Jonah Alexander Edwards, 24, according to Orange County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Sergeant John Johnson. Frank Gonzalez.
Disneyland officials have not released a statement.
Police activity partially closed off the Pixar Pals parking lot Wednesday night as visitors headed home after a day at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure.
Disneyland visitors reported seeing several police cars and officers on the top floor of the Pixar Pulse parking lot late Wednesday night.
“All passengers exiting the tram were directed to the Mickey & Friends parking lot,” wrote Alythestar77. reddit. “Pixar He couldn’t get anyone up the Pulse escalator, so he had to walk all the way around.”
There have been six suicides in Disneyland parking lots since 2010, and three since December 2022.
Marnie Schoenfeld, 46, of Scottsdale, Arizona, died in February after jumping or falling from a Disneyland parking lot.
Christopher Christensen, a Huntington Beach elementary school principal facing misdemeanor child endangerment and battery charges, died after jumping from a Disneyland parking lot in December.
With 10,000 spaces, the six-story Mickey & Friends Parking Garage was the largest parking garage in the world when it opened in 2000. His 5,500-space Pixar Pulse garage next door opened in 2019.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 47,000 people die by suicide each year in the United States. Approximately 2% of suicides involve people who die by jumping or falling.
If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988 on your mobile phone or by visiting please. 988lifeline.org.
