A recent Yale University graduate committed suicide by jumping from the ninth floor of an off-campus apartment building just moments after stabbing a fellow student early Tuesday morning.

New Haven police say it happened around 5.30am at Taft Apartments on College Street, located across from the Ivy League campus.

The suspect, identified by Yale Daily News as Tyler Carlisle, fell six stories onto a third-floor terrace. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Ivy League drama: Recent Yale graduate Tyler Carlisle (left) jumped from an apartment building to his death just moment after stabbing fellow student Alexander Michaud, 21 (right)

Crime scene: Police say the stabbing and subsequent suicide took place at Taft Apartments on College Street, located across from the Ivy League campus

A police officer could be glimpsed in the window of the ninth-floor unit where Carlisle allegedly stabbed Michaud before jumping to his death

The man Carlisle was believed to have stabbed, 21-year-old Alexander Michaud, is in stable condition at Yale-New Haven Hospital.

According to a statement put out by Yale University in the wake of the deadly incident, Tyler Carlisle graduated from college last week.

His LinkedIn page indicates that he majored in philosophy with a focus in political theory and justification for 'Conservative politics.'

Last year, Carlisle managed the campaign of Fairfield ophthalmologist Dr Joe Bentivegna, who unsuccessfully ran on the Republican ticket for the 4th Congressional District seat.

During the national election in 2012, Carlisle, a former Eagle Scout, offered his skills as a technical consultant to GOP candidate for president Rick Santorum.

Big day: Tyler Carlisle graduated from the Ivy League college last week with a Bachelor's degree in philosophy

Much in common: Both Carlisle (left) and Michaud (right) were from Manchester, New Hampshire, and both men were active members of a conservative political group on campus

Aspiring power broker: Last year, Carlisle managed the campaign of Fairfield ophthalmologist Dr Joe Bentivegna, who unsuccessfully ran on the Republican ticket for the 4th Congressional District seat

Alexander Michaud, Yale class 2017, was a member of the comedy and a capella group Mixed Company of Yale.

According to the Yale Daily News, both Michaud and Carlisle were active members of the Party of the Right, a constituent party of the Yale Political Union.

On its website, the political organization is described as 'the Right-most of the seven Parties in the Yale Political Union.'

Both Michaud and Carlisle were originally from Manchester, New Hampshire.