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Liam Payne died by an apparent suicide ... local law enforcement in Argentina now says the fall from his third-floor hotel room was intentional.

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00:00The Liam Payne death at just 31 years old,

00:03the One Direction star,

00:06this has really shaken up a lot of people around the world,

00:10obviously his loved ones, family, and friends,

00:13but also fans,

00:15millions of One Direction fans around the world.

00:17We're gonna take you through the new details

00:19that we have reported on today,

00:23but the first thing is that there is now

00:26a police official in Argentina

00:30who has told the Associated Press

00:32that Liam Payne jumped to his death,

00:34so they are now saying that it was a suicide.

00:38We reported yesterday, obviously, that it was a fall.

00:41That was the big question, Charles.

00:42Was it intentional, or was it a terrible accident?

00:45Now, they are not saying yet why they're calling it,

00:50saying that he jumped.

00:51Right, how do they know that?

00:52Right, they have not said whether

00:54that's based on witnesses,

00:55or if there was a note left in his hotel room,

00:58or a surveillance video.

00:59They're not saying that.

01:00What we do know is an interaction,

01:02the interactions that he was having with hotel staffers

01:06in the moments before his death.

01:09What we're gonna play for you now is a 911 call.

01:12It is in Spanish, but we have it translated.

01:16But the 911 call made by a hotel staffer,

01:19this was really moments before the fall.

01:24This is what they were telling police

01:26about what they'd been observing with Liam that day,

01:30on Wednesday, in the hotel.

01:54I want to,

01:55I don't know if the guest is walking,

01:58but he's in a bed that had a balcony,

02:03and we're a bit afraid of anything

02:09that could cause some misfortunes.

02:11How long has he been here?

02:12Is it a house hotel?

02:14No, it's been here for two or three days.

02:16Wow, chilling to hear this hotel staffer

02:20referring to the balcony.

02:22totally Charles and that he was that worried that he was that concerned that

02:26something terrible could happen it paints a picture just how just how

02:30hectic and out-of-control things seemed inside that room yeah and what you heard

02:34the heard them also referring to him breaking things in the room clearly they

02:39were hearing that and there are photos from inside the room that you can see a

02:44TV monitor smashed and other items that were broken and left right I got that I

02:50got the feeling Charles and tell me if you think I'm wrong I got the film they

02:53didn't really the manager didn't really care about the room being you know

02:55messed up they were really concerned about right I think based on what they

03:00were hearing right they'd seen around the hotel that's what was the reason

03:04that they were were so concerned and that they were even thinking about the

03:09fact that he had this the balcony why they would make the they would actually

03:14think that he was going to do something I don't know if that's based on actual

03:18conversation someone in the hotel right with him did he say something to

03:22somebody it's a pretty drastic fact that they that they were that concerned and

03:26then that is apparently that is what happened according to police is really

03:31chilling and you know we again we don't know what led up to that what we do know

03:37is what some fans witnesses saw with Liam in the hotel lobby before he went

03:43up to his room and it does seem in line with him being upset that he would be

03:47breaking things right in the in his room yeah we had spoke to witnesses who told

03:52us he was breaking a laptop in the lobby that he was being very erratic and it

03:58just kind of painted a picture of like kind of a breakdown and like you guys

04:02had mentioned you know in this 911 call that we obtained the person did say that

04:08they believed he was under the influence and now we know that toxicology is

04:13pending a Buenos Aires police official spoke to the AP kind of like we also

04:18mentioned earlier as well and they say that the toxicology is pending so it'll

04:22be interesting to see you know what was in that when we get that back right but

04:27you know the autopsy is completed but as it is typical that it takes sometimes

04:31several weeks before they get the results of the toxicology to know what

04:35if anything was in his blood that's obviously incredibly important here

04:38right you know the the turn to this anger whatever it was that was upsetting

04:44him yesterday in the lobby is a stark difference from interactions that he was

04:49having with fans while he was down there with his girlfriend Kate Cassidy for a

04:54couple of weeks and we've seen videos of him you saw they're taking photos with

05:00fans there was one in particular that a fan posted we want to play this for you

05:04we don't know exactly the date that this happened but sometime recently while he

05:09was down there it's just interesting to hear what this fan was saying to him and

05:14heartbreaking to hear what the fan says yeah check this out

05:20thank you

05:29as you can see the fan right got up tattoos matching right how big of a fan

05:36you'd have to be of somebody to do that and and Liam I thought was so incredibly

05:39gracious to give that guy a hug just hear how important he is I mean the fan

05:43says to him he says you saved my life yeah it's so so heartbreaking and by the

05:48way a lot of people were wondering if his girlfriend Kate Cassidy was with him

05:52when all of this was happening and we've learned that she actually left just days

05:57before this horrible tragedy happened she actually posted a video leaving

06:02Argentina basically saying that she had only expected to be in Argentina for

06:07five days but ended up being there for a couple weeks and she joked about Liam in

06:12the in the video saying like oh you got my headrest I gotta buy a new one for

06:17the plane but yeah she was not there when all this had transpired and I'm

06:21sure she's feeling heartbroken absolutely heartbroken right she was

06:25back in Florida and there was something that happened yesterday that I think was

06:30confusing to a lot of fans around the time that we confirmed that that he had

06:34died there were posts going up on his social media posts that showed him with

06:40Kate obviously we now know Kate had actually gone home at that point so

06:45people were wondering like how are we seeing these images with the two of them

06:50together in in Argentina yet he is dead those it seems that those were scheduled

06:58posts right set it up beforehand right but it certainly was confusing and and

07:04upsetting I think the fans also to see that the fan reaction by the way has

07:08been intense there at the hotel in Buenos Aires there were vigils going on

07:14all night as fans gathered there trying to help each other through their grief

07:20at finding out that that Liam Payne at just 31 had died at this hotel yeah the

07:26tributes are coming in from all over the world and from a lot of very people you

07:29might not have expected Paris Hilton posted about it Ty Dolla $ign Zed who'd

07:33worked with him Rita Ora who did a song for you with him was performing in Japan

07:37and she tried to actually sing that song and then realized early on she couldn't

07:41Eric we have we have this this clip of Rita when she's on stage as you said

07:45trying to do the song that she done with Liam Payne

08:11and even do it very emotional yeah I haven't heard from any of the members of

08:22One Direction yet I'm sure they are working on a statement together and

08:25they're probably in shock like everyone but we have heard from some of their

08:27family Niall Horan's brother posted that he thought you know Liam was a good

08:31replacement for him as a brother in Niall's life and also Harry Styles's

08:35mother just posted a broken heart emoji and just said just a boy so people all

08:39around the world are just in shock and devastated yeah you know of course that

08:43everyone knows One Direction formed on X Factor with Simon Cowell 2010 and it's

08:49interesting Simon yesterday when the news broke was in the middle of a taping

08:54for Britain's Got Talent and was clearly distraught by this and actually they

09:00canceled the the taping for Britain's Got Talent so that everyone could have

09:06some time to react to this news and to begin mourning so we will see when the

09:13the band members actually release their statement when they start to obviously

09:17everyone's still just dealing with the fact that this happened yeah before they

09:22can actually say anything but Liam Payne dead at 31 just an incredible loss for

09:28the the industry and for his loved ones hi my name is Alyssa Diggs and I'm from

09:33Savannah Georgia and I just find the entire situation to be absolutely

09:37heartbreaking he was so young and he was such a talented artist and to be gone at

09:41only 31 it's just unimaginable and then to pass in such a horrific way I know he

09:47may have been going through some things and he seems to may have been a troubled

09:49young man but my heart just goes out to his loved ones and anyone who's had the

09:53pleasure of working with him because he's touched millions of lives people

09:56all over the world are being affected by his passing yes absolutely

10:01all said and deal

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