Hartford Police are looking to talk to two men who apparently were spotted in the same stairwell Taylor Lavoie climbed in March.
Lavoie later fell from the roof of the building that housed The Angry Bull Saloon.
Now we’re learning at some point in the night a security guard noticed two men in the stairwell to the roof.
“We asked, obviously asked the security guard what was their temperament? What were they like? Were they hurried? Were they nervous? Or were they anxious? He said, No, they were completely normal and they were escorted out,” Deputy Chief Brian Foley, Hartford Police, said.
Lavoie’s death was ruled an accident and investigators suspect the 18-year-old had been drinking.
Police say the Central Connecticut State University student had traveled to the bar with friends and somehow ended up on the roof.
Detectives would still like to talk to the men the security guard spotted.
“The problem, the description he gave was very vague, very general and doesn’t have a timeline unfortunately,” Foley said.
An attorney for the Angry Bull provided pictures which she says shows that the roof was not easily accessible.
Attorney Aimee Wickless says the staff cooperated with the investigation and went on to write in part, “Numerous security staff were assigned to ensure patron safety within the permitted establishment, to include the stairwell in question.”
Wickless says the Angry Bull, which leased the first and second floors, passed yearly safety inspections including of the stairwell.
“The fact is no one at the Angry Bull could tell us how many people went up those stairs or down those stairs during that night,” Foley said.
After the death, The Department of Consumer Protection says the bar closed down for good after it voluntarily cancelled its liquor permit.
