Police: Drunk man blamed for falling glass from uptown building | Crime

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV)- Police in Charlotte say a drunk man is responsible for glass shards falling from a high rise building in uptown Charlotte Sunday night.

According to police, the incident happened around 8:32 p.m. Sunday night at the One Wells Fargo building on College Street.

Witnesses say they heard a loud noise, then saw glass falling the building.

Police soon arrived to block off an area around the courtyard and sidewalk between the skyscraper and the Hilton hotel.

In a report from the responding officer, police say a highly intoxicated male somehow managed to throw some type of object through the window on the 39^th floor. 

That broke the window and sent glass flying 39 stories down.

Several of the witnesses were attending a bloggers convention at the Hilton. Reports of what happened immediately went up on Twitter.

There were no injuries, an arrest has not yet been made. 

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