Liam Payne dead at 31: Police called to Buenos Aires hotel before One Direction star’s death after reports of an ‘aggressive man who could be under influence of drugs and alcohol’

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Liam Payne was acting erratically and had to be escorted back to his hotel room before he plunged to his death, workers who last saw him alive claimed.

The former One Direction star, 31, yesterday fell from the third floor of the Casa Sur Palmero hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Police in Buenos Aires last night said they were initially responding to a 911 call ‘of an aggressive man who may have been under the effects of drugs and alcohol

Officials heard a loud sound in the courtyard before discovering his body just after 5pm, reported the BBC.

According to TMZ, Liam ‘had been acting erratic in the hotel lobby and smashed his laptop’ before he ‘had to be carried back to his room’.

Liam Payne was reportedly acting erratically and had to be escorted back to his hotel room before he plunged to his death yesterday - pictured in Australia in 2018

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Liam Payne was reportedly acting erratically and had to be escorted back to his hotel room before he plunged to his death yesterday – pictured in Australia in 2018

His girlfriend Kate Cassidy posted a picture of the pair on her Instagram from last August

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His girlfriend Kate Cassidy posted a picture of the pair on her Instagram from last August

Scores of grieving fans came to pay tribute to Liam by placing lit candles outside the hotel

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Scores of grieving fans came to pay tribute to Liam by placing lit candles outside the hotel

Members of the Argentine Police guard the hotel in Palermo in Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Members of the Argentine Police guard the hotel in Palermo in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Sombre mood as fans gather outside hotel where Liam Payne died

Last night tearful fans hugged each other as they gathered and lit candles outside the hotel where Liam's body was found

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Last night tearful fans hugged each other as they gathered and lit candles outside the hotel where Liam’s body was found