The former One Direction member was found dead after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, local officials said.
The hotel in Argentina where One Direction star Liam Payne fell to his death Wednesday night called 911 about his destructive behavior after he had "overindulged on drugs and alcohol," according to a transcript of the call.
"We have a guest who is overindulged in drugs and alcohol and ... Well, when he is conscious he breaks, he is breaking the whole room. Well, we need you to send someone, please," the call from the Casa Sur Palermo hotel in Buenos Aires said.
The caller tells the operator that police are needed "urgently" because he was at risk.
"The guest is in a room that has a balcony and, well, we are a little afraid that he might do something life-threatening," the caller said, according to audio obtained via local media by Telemundo.
The caller — who describes themselves as the head of reception and does not mention Payne by name — says the guest had been there for two or three days.
Sistema de Atencion Medica de Emergencia, the emergency health service, confirmed to Telemundo that Payne fell from the balcony of his third-floor room at the hotel in the city's Palermo district.
SAME director Alberto Crescenti told Argentine TV station Todo Noticias TV that Payne was found dead a few minutes after the 911 call. When paramedics found him, there was no possibility of resuscitation, he said, adding that Payne appeared to have a fracture at the base of his skull.
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Argentina National Prosecutor’s Office said Payne had 25 injuries "compatible with those produced by a fall from height" and that his cause of death was "polytraumatism, internal and external hemorrhage."
In a statement, the office said that autopsy findings indicate the musician "could have fallen in a state of semi or total unconsciousness."
A variety of substances were found in Payne's room, which the prosecutor's office says would prove alcohol and drug consumption. It added that everything indicates that Payne was alone when he fell.
In a series of Snapchat posts uploaded to Payne's account on Wednesday, he talked about his time in Argentina, how he had been playing polo and mentioned that his girlfriend was heading back to Florida.
The U.K. Foreign Office said in a statement: "We are in contact with local authorities regarding reports of the death of a British man in Argentina."
Firefighters were seen removing Payne's body from the scene early Thursday as fans gathered, Reuters reported.
Representatives for Payne have not responded to NBC News' request for comment.
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