TMZ reported that Liam Payne, a former member of the band One Direction, died after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina on the evening of October 16 (local time). Several witnesses at the hotel said that Liam fell from his room on the third floor of the CasaSur Palermo hotel.

Witnesses told TMZ that Liam was acting erratically in the hotel lobby before his death. He smashed his laptop and was carried back to his room. Police and first responders were all over the hotel and authorities set up a red tent over the spot where Liam Payne fell to begin an investigation into the singer’s death.

One Direction member passed away. Photo: Wire.

Sources close to TMZ told TMZ that Liam Payne and his girlfriend Kate Cassidy arrived in Argentina on September 30. The two even posted several social media posts showing them having a good time on vacation. The singer’s girlfriend then left Argentina on October 14. Liam stayed and checked into the CasaSur Palermo hotel. According to TMZ , on October 16, a hotel employee called 911 to report a man behaving “aggressively.” This matches what witnesses told TMZ about Liam’s behavior in the hotel lobby.

Liam Payn was in Argentina for a vacation and to attend a concert by his former bandmate Niall Horan earlier this month. The One Direction bandmates also reunited at the event.

Liam (born 1993) was only 16 when he joined One Direction and they became the biggest boy band in the world after debuting on The X Factor in 2010. The band eventually disbanded in 2015 and he was considered one of the main songwriters of the group. One Direction has many famous songs with youthful music such as What Makes You Beautiful, One Thing, Drag Me Down, Steal My Girl … Many of their MVs have reached hundreds of millions of views.