"When a US citizen dies abroad, the department provides all appropriate consular assistance to the family. Out of respect for the privacy of the family, we have no further comment at this time."
Mr Solomon died after falling and landing in front of a store at Basement 2 of the Orchard Road mall. He was found lying motionless at the scene and was taken unconscious to Tan Tock Seng Hospital, where he later died of his injuries. It is not clear whether the fall was accidental or why Mr Solomon was at Ngee Ann City. Police are investigating the case as unnatural death.Mr Solomon's Linkedin profile shows that he was previously based in Los Angeles as a senior counsel for the company. He had also worked at global law firms Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Davis Polk & Wardwell as an associate.
He graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta in 2004 with a bachelor's degree with high honours in history, technology and society.The ST understands that arrangements are being made to repatriate Mr Solomon's body back to the US.