Police are trying to identify a man who died by suicide at the Hyatt waterfront on Monday night.

Police said a security guard was on duty at Tower D at the Waterfront Towers, Wrightson Road, Port of Spain, at around 7.25 pm when he saw the man jump into the water.

The guard threw a lifebuoy to the man, who reportedly began talking about his domestic problems while in the water, before eventually sinking below the surface.

The guard called the police Port of Spain Division Coastal and Riverine Unit and the Coast Guard also went to look for the man’s body, which they found at around 8.55 pm.

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