STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Police identified the Staten Island man who jumped from the upper-level of the Staten Island Mall in New Springville.

Francesco Colina, 84, apparently committed suicide in the incident that occurred on Tuesday morning, according to a spokesman for the NYPD's Deputy Commissioner of Public Information. Public records indicate that Colina lived in Great Kills.

Neighbors expressed shock and surprise about the manner in which Colina died. They said he was married and a nice person.

No one who lived near Colina's well-maintained brick house was willing to have his or her their name published in the Advance. No one answered the bell at the Colina residence.

Video surveillance revealed that Colina stood on chair and jumped over the railing, according to a source with knowledge of the police investigation.

Multiple witnesses claimed they saw the senior citizen push a chair to the second-floor railing at the mall, jump and land in front of the Gap.

An off-duty firefighter who was shopping in the mall immediately ran over to the man, who was lying face down and bleeding heavily, a source at the scene said.

Police and firefighters rushed to the New Springville shopping complex after the 11:19 a.m. incident.

Colina was rushed him to Staten Island University Hospital in Ocean Breeze in critical condition. He was pronounced dead a short time later.