Attorney Leonard P. Morton fell to his death on Friday morning from 225 Broadway in Manhattan, where the 44-year-old had his law office. Morton’s body was found on a scaffolding platform constructed over the sidewalk outside the office building.

A police report said authorities received a call from the scene at 7:23 a.m. about the fall of a man from a 12th story window in the building. The cause remained under investigation Friday afternoon.