it was more like another parent that we know had done something terrific and they just wanted to say you re terrific. he looked happy like these are my friends, my fellow parents. certainly a lot of people in this community knew him and liked him, mourning the loss. just on this block alone, neighbors outside the door, we don t know if they knew philip seymour hoffman but they have wiped tears, that face in the community, well liked here. no word on how long the investigation would take. investigators settling in to do their work. they will be up there as long as they need to be. all of that so beautifully humanizes this bigger than life kind of guy, this named actor who has quite the roster of movie and on stage credits which to articulate.
demise another meetings, previous engagement. no word on that. at this point, from what they know, who they have spoken to, it will come down to medical examiner s discovery to determine how long he may have been there in that bathroom where he was found. again, as susan candiotti opponented out, he s the father of three children. we have no information about where his family may have been at the time of his death or at the time his body was discovered by a friend he and to have been collaborating with on the play, on the project. we know this was someone well respected, not just in this community in the west village but across the country for the vast body of highly acclaimed work. what s striking though, people in this neighborhood, used to seeing celebrities, west village and new york city, a place a lot of celebrities live. this isn t a guy who walked around and had that aura of
it s called pickwick house. philip seymour hoffman found in the bathroom of the fourth floor apartment. we re told the medical examiner has arrived. she s on the scene in the apartment. the medical examiner looking into the death trying to answer questions about what led to this death including how long hoffman s body may have been there before it was found. you can see cameras. a truck with barricades, put them out in front of. tape at the enof the block. neighbors have come out here, dozens of them. many taking picks. a few looking upset to learn the news, loss of a neighbor, public and well-known face. a lot of people out here watching, waiting to see what happens.
the job of actually controlling the crowd they are the ones working on the streets. we have seen a number of law enforcement officers going into and out of that apartment building obviously trying to answer questions susan candiotti made. allowed the medical examiner to do her work. she s the one charged with answering the key questions. i m going to step out of the way to give you a clear scene, we ve got a lot of cameras angled to the streets here. we ve got what appears to be an ambulance now coming up the street. it is our understanding that philip seymour hoffman s body is still in the apartment where it was found. no estimate how long it will take the medical examiner to do her examination. she will then release the body and it can presumably be carried away. a lot of people craning to take
a lot of people mourning the loss of this beloved, well-known, prominent highly acclaimed actor. here in the west village, want to bringen our producer rose arce. rose lives in west village. tell us your experience. i live two blocks electric here. his children and my child have attended school since they were babies. it s strange to see this scene here. he never drew attention to himself. he was a regular guy. you would see him riding the bike to the local public school, hugging, kissing them. he has three elementary age children. they were very young. he was a friendly guy to his neighbors. they would hang out in local restaurants. he would be involved in community issues, very concerned