Washington ( CNN ) -- A man apparently jumped to his death Saturday over a fourth-floor railing at the National Museum of the American Indian , a Smithsonian spokesman said . The man went over the railing and fell to the ground of the museum 's atrium , according to John Gibbons , a Smithsonian spokesman . Security staff responded immediately , calling for backup and blocking off the area , he added . Several hundred visitors were evacuated from the museum -- which sits on one end of the Mall , near the U.S. Capitol building . It is expected to reopen Sunday , at its normal time , according to Gibbons . The district 's Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the man 's death .
A man dies after at the National Museum of the American Indian , spokesman says . He apparently jumped over railing , adds the Smithsonian spokesman . Score: 7