A man in his 50s died after falling from the roof of a vacant apartment complex on San Antonio’s Southeast Side early Thursday, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene after a companion who had been with him on the roof found him below.
San Antonio police responded shortly before 5 a.m. to the 4400 block of Pecan Valley Drive, according to KSAT. The two men had been on the roof when the companion noticed gravel sliding and realized the other man was no longer there.
The companion went downstairs, found the man and called for help, police said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene; the San Antonio Police Department described him as being in his 50s.
Friends With No Ties to the Complex
Authorities believe the men were friends and neither is believed to have lived at the complex, according to KSAT. The apartment building was vacant.
At this point, investigators have not said why the men were on the roof or what caused the fall, as reported by KSAT. Police have not released the identity of the man who died, as noted by KENS 5, and no further details about the circumstances leading up to the fall have been made public.
City rules for vacant and unsafe buildings
San Antonio’s 2024 Property Maintenance Code, effective May 1, 2025, points to Chapter 12, Vacant Property Owner Registration, for additional exterior maintenance requirements for certain vacant properties. It also directs unsafe-structure matters to the city’s Building Standards Board under Chapter 6, Article VIII, according to the City of San Antonio code.
