{"id":798551,"date":"2026-10-10T23:06:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T23:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/798551\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T23:06:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T23:06:18","slug":"man-dies-after-falling-from-roof-of-residential-property-in-swanley-high-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/798551\/","title":{"rendered":"Man dies after falling from roof of residential property in Swanley High Street"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A man in his 40s has died after falling from the roof of a property.<\/p>\n<p>Police attended a private residential address in Swanley High Street at around 7.10am today (October 10) following reports of a domestic incident.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 946 582\" alt=\"Police were responding to reports of a domestic incident inside a private residential address in Swanley High Street. Picture: Google Maps\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"95CKZBSP5QZLKZE0SAMY.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.63\"\/>Police were responding to reports of a domestic incident inside a private residential address in Swanley High Street. Picture: Google Maps<\/p>\n<p>While in attendance, the man fell and was fatally injured.<\/p>\n<p>He received treatment from officers prior to the arrival of paramedics, who later pronounced him dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The man\u2019s next-of-kin is aware.<\/p>\n<p>Inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the incident are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>A mandatory referral has been made by Kent Police to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).<\/p>\n<p>The death comes days after a man in his 20s was found with injuries consistent with gunshot wounds in the town.<\/p>\n<p>Police, paramedics and the air ambulance were called to Acacia Walk at around 8.50pm on Thursday (October 8) to reports of a serious assault at a property.<\/p>\n<p>The man was taken to a London hospital where he remains in a serious but stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>Police arrested two men on Thursday evening, and <a href=\"https:\/\/premium.kentonline.co.uk\/dartford\/news\/four-men-arrested-after-man-shot-and-taken-to-london-hospita-346109\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">two further men were arrested yesterday<\/a> (October 9) in connection with the incident.<\/p>\n<p>All four suspects remain in custody.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentonline.co.uk\/dartford\/news\/large-police-presence-in-residential-street-following-incide-346075\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">residents living near the incident told KentOnline how they remain unsettled and fearful to leave their homes.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man in his 40s has died after falling from the roof of a property. Police attended a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":798552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[924,3843,59,57,58,191,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-798551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-crime","tag-dartford","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-kent","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=798551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/798552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}