Robert De Niro's teen grandson was found dead at an iconic lower Manhattan building that houses luxe apartments and an exclusive old-money inspired social club
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- Leandro De Niro, a teenage grandson of Robert De Niro, was found dead Sunday in NYC.
- NYPD responded to 55 Wall Street just after 2:30 p.m. and found the teen unresponsive.
- The building — Cipriani Wall Street — features apartments, hotel rooms, and an exclusive social club.
Leandro De Niro, grandson to Robert De Niro, was found dead at an iconic lower Manhattan building Sunday afternoon, authorities said.
A spokesperson for the New York Police Department told Insider that officers responded to a 911 call at 55 Wall Street just before 2:30 p.m. on Sunday and found an 18-year-old male unconscious and unresponsive.
The teen, later identified as De Niro, is actually 19.
De Niro was pronounced dead by EMS on scene, according to the NYPD. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine his cause of death.
Leandro De Niro is the son of De Niro's eldest daughter, Drena, and the artist Carlos Rodriguez.
Robert De Niro's oldest son — Raphael De Niro — is a real estate broker who has sold apartments at Cipriani Wall Street, The Real Deal reported in 2009.
"I have loved you beyond words or description from the moment I felt you in my belly," Drena De Niro wrote in an Instagram caption. "You have been my joy my heart and all that was ever pure and real in my life. I wish I was with you right now. I wish I was with you."
The NYPD did not say where at 55 Wall Street the teen was found. The building, known as Cipriani Wall Street, is home to luxury apartments, hotel rooms, event space, and the $4,000 a year exclusive old-money inspired social club "Casa Cipriani." It was formerly the National City Bank Building and at one time housed the New York Stock Exchange, according to the Cipriani website.
Insider left a messages Monday with the building's management office and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
In a statement to USA Today, Robert De Niro asked that his family be given privacy as they "grieve our loss of Leo.'
Leandro De Niro acted alongside his mother in "A Star is Born."