SHALIMAR, Fla. -- Deputies in the Florida Panhandle figure alcohol may've led to a fatal fall for a 17-year-old from the Grand Rapids area overnight.
They're calling it a "tragic Spring Break death."
The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office says he fell four floors from a condominium balcony. The teenager's body was spotted by someone around 4 o'clock this (Wednesday) morning near the entryway of a building at the Destin condominium.
"A person staying at a neighboring condo noticed a body on the ground near an entry way outside a building at 500 Gulf Shore Drive, and called 9-1-1 around 4:08 a.m. for a welfare check," the sheriff's office posted on Facebook. "The individual was deceased when first responders arrived."
The county is in the Florida panhandle, west of Tallahassee.
Police had not released the teenager's name at the time this was published.
The OCSO is still investigating events that led up to the fatal fall.
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