Dad of teenage who died falling from an LA bridge says it couldn't have been a social media stunt as a result of he didn't have his telephone

• The dad of the teenager who fatally fell from an LA bridge stated social media had nothing to do with it.
• Paul Luna instructed ABC7 that his son did not even have his telephone on him on the time of the tragedy. 
• The LAPD chief stated the teenager slipped whereas climbing on the bridge to attempt to put up to social media.

The daddy of the teenage boy who police stated fell to his loss of life whereas climbing a brand new Los Angeles, California, bridge throughout an obvious social media stunt disputed authorities’ narrative and stated that his son did not even have his telephone on him on the time. 

Paul Luna instructed ABC7 that his 17-year-old son Anthony Luna’s Saturday fall from the sixth Avenue Viaduct was only a horrible accident and that it was “100% false” that the teenager was attempting to put up to social media when he fatally plunged from the long-lasting span. 

“The chief of police, they’re stating that Anthony did it for a video stunt of some kind, possibly likes or one thing, however that is 100% false,” Luna instructed ABC7, including that his son “did not even care about social media.”

Los Angeles Police Division Chief Michel Moore stated throughout a Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners assembly on Tuesday that the teenager slipped whereas “climbing upon one of many arches with a view to put up, apparently, a social media broadcast.”

“Tragically, we see that location, whereas it has spawned quite a lot of pleasure in Los Angeles, it has additionally, sadly, served as a backdrop now for tragedies equivalent to this,” Moore added. 

Luna instructed NBC4 that his son was simply taking part in round with buddies on the time of the Saturday tragedy. 

“Since that bridge has opened, individuals are driving bikes over that factor. I’ve seen folks curler skating over that factor, strolling over it, sleeping on prime of it. So, it made it seem like it was fairly attainable,” Luna instructed the information outlet. 

When requested for touch upon Friday, a spokesperson for the LAPD referred Insider to Moore’s remarks and stated, “There isn’t a additional assertion presently.”