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Man dies after NHL Stadium Series game between Avalanche and Kings

A man died following Saturday’s NHL Stadium Series event in Colorado Springs at the Air Force Academy’s Falcon Stadium. The outdoor game featured the Colorado Avalanche and Los Angeles Kings.

The investigation — currently being conducted by the Air Force Office of Special Investigations and local law enforcement — is still ongoing, but witnesses told the Colorado Gazette that the man fell to his death from a bridge just west of one of the stadium’s entrance gates around 11 p.m local time.

According to a statement issued by the Air Force Academy that was obtained by USA Today, the man was a civilian and not affiliated with the Air Force or Department of Defense.