Shocking video shows Connecticut dad Paul Kueker jumped to his death at a weekend concert at Madison Square Garden â with witnesses telling cops he appeared âintoxicated,ââ law enforcement sources said Monday.
The 51-year-old married father of two, who was celebrating his 25th wedding anniversary with his wife at Saturdayâs Goose concert, was captured in the footage reviewed by The Post taking a head-first dive from a balcony in the 300s section â landing on fellow concertgoers below.
He âappeared intoxicatedâ and âunder the influenceââ before he took the horrifying leap over the 4-foot-high glass barrier shortly before 10 p.m., law enforcement sources said, quoting witnesses.
Several people whom he landed on only suffered minor injuries, other sources said.
Kueker was âunconscious and unresponsiveâ after striking the floor, police said.
He was rushed to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Sources said Kuekerâs wife was seated three sections away, in their assigned seats, when her husband jumped.
She was unaware of what happened until officials told her.
The tragic manâs wife thought her husband had gone to the bathroom, kin have said.
Kuekerâs family declined comment to The Post at their home earlier Monday and did not return a call later seeking comment on the video and witness accounts.
The city medical examinerâs office said Monday that the cause of Kuekerâs death remains under investigation. It was conducting a toxicology report as part of its probe.
âWhile we await the police report on the tragedy at last nightâs Goose concert, we are deeply saddened by the loss of a fanâs life at Madison Square Garden,â MSG said in a statement.
âOur hearts go out to the family and friends of the concertgoer.â
The incident is eerily similar to a 2022 incident during a performance by the jam band Phish, when a fan took a running start and leaped off a balcony.
The man survived but was left paralyzed.
Additional reporting by Amanda Woods and Kevin Sheehan
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