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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Police say a Philadelphia college professor killed himself by diving over a second-floor railing inside a campus building during class.
The Philadelphia Daily News reports ( https://bit.ly/pSOzfC ) that the instructor was Rudolf Alexandrov, an adjunct professor who taught math at Chestnut Hill College.
The newspaper says the 71-year-old professor walked out of his class Wednesday, returned briefly, yelled and then ran to a second-floor railing outside the classroom. Police say campus security was summoned and Alexandrov dived over the railing and hit the floor, some 20 to 30 feet below.
Lt. Robert Zaffino, a Philadelphia detective, says Alexandrov had had a history of depression and had been having suicidal thoughts.
The private four-year college did not cancel classes but made counselors available to students and others.
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