Multiple people claimed to have heard “somebody screaming” and cries prior to former NFL running back Rudi Johnson‘s death last week, according to 911 audio obtained by TMZ Sports.
One caller told dispatch that they saw someone, later identified as Johnson, fall from the balcony of an apartment in Sunny Isles, Florida, at around 11:00 p.m. local time on September 22.
“It’s building in front of me, I just saw someone jump off the building … They jumped off the balcony into the pool,” the caller said. “There was multiple people on the balcony … Somebody was screaming, saying, ‘Help me.’
“I looked over and somebody was screaming ‘Help me, help me!’ screaming at at the top of their longs, so I looked over and I saw somebody just completely falling off the balcony.”
The 911 dispatcher then asked the caller if she heard anything prior to the incident taking place.
“I heard somebody screaming, saying, ‘Help! Help! Don’t do this. Don’t do this. Somebody help me. Somebody help me.’ It was a woman,” the caller said.
Johnson, who spent the majority of his eight-year NFL career with the Cincinnati Bengals, which included being selected to the Pro Bowl in 2004, was reported to have died by suicide, police confirmed to TMZ Sports. The former running back had reportedly been “struggling with mental health issues and the possible effects of CTE that he could not overcome,” a source with knowledge of the situation told the website prior to an update with confirmation from police.
A family source said that Johnson prioritized helping people on and off the field prior to his death. Bengals president Mike Brown shared a statement on behalf of the franchise following news of Johnson’s death.
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