{"id":2784,"date":"2026-06-23T17:38:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T17:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=2784"},"modified":"2026-06-23T17:38:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T17:38:52","slug":"exclusive-horrified-witness-recounts-being-struck-by-tragic-leaping-msg-concertgoer-paul-kueker-i-was-standing-in-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=2784","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive | Horrified witness recounts being struck by tragic leaping MSG concertgoer Paul Kueker: &#8216;I was standing in blood&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A horrified witness recounted in grisly detail to The Post on Tuesday how\u00a0he was struck by tragic leaping MSG concertgoer Paul Kueker \u2014 and left \u201cstanding in blood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=2782\">Mamdani\u2019s wife urges NYers to vote for DSA members \u2014 but notably leaves out one candidate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis head was like a foot to the left of my shoes,\u201d the traumatized man said of Kueker, a 51-year-old married dad of two from Connecticut who fatally jumped from a 150-foot-high balcony at the Manhattan venue during a Goose concert Saturday night, according to video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithin a few seconds, I was standing in blood,\u2019\u2019 the witness said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWild,\u201d said the man, who was struck on his leg.\u00a0\u201cThat\u2019s why I\u2019m trying to figure out what hit me, and my friend was one seat further away and got hit by something, so I want to figure out what that was, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kueker\u00a0\u201cappeared intoxicated\u201d and \u201cunder the influence\u2019\u2019 before he took the leap\u00a0over the four-foot-high glass barrier shortly before 10 p.m., law enforcement sources have told The Post, quoting witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>He\u00a0had taken his wife to the concert to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary, which was Tuesday, kin have said.<\/p>\n<p>The Post exclusively viewed video footage showing Kueker jumping head-first over the barrier, with the witness Tuesday describing hearing a sudden loud bang seconds later, followed by the stricken screams of bystanders.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=2780\">ESPN draft analyst Matt Miller has arm amputated after horrific car crash<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The witness said Kueker jumped during intermission, when about 25 to 50 percent of people were in their seats.<\/p>\n<p>Other video footage\u00a0captured the chilling moments right after the horror when bystanders and emergency personnel huddled around Kueker, trying desperately to save his life, to no avail.<\/p>\n<p>Kueker, a dad of two from Niantic, was director of operations for the energy management company Smartcon Solutions, according to his LinkedIn account.<\/p>\n<p>The city medical examiner\u2019s office said an investigation into the cause of death is not complete.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=2778\">\u2018Columbine-obsessed\u2019 gunman who shot 2 dead in California library identified \u2014 as creepy graduation video emerges<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A horrified witness recounted in grisly detail to The Post on Tuesday how\u00a0he was struck by tragic leaping MSG concertgoer Paul Kueker \u2014 and left \u201cstanding in blood.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metro"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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