A woman who called 911 to report Rudi Johnson’s tragic passing said she heard somebody yelling for help just moments before the ex-NFL star died by suicide.
Police audio TMZ Sports has obtained reveals the caller told dispatch she saw somebody — who was later ID’ed as Johnson — fall from a building near her residence in Sunny Isles, Fla. … at around 11 PM on Sept. 22.
When asked if she had heard anything before Johnson jumped … the caller stated, “I heard somebody screaming.”
“[They were] saying, ‘Help! Help! Don’t do this. Don’t do this. Somebody help me. Somebody help me.’ It was a woman.”
Another 911 caller can be heard in additional police audio saying she observed a similar interaction.
“I heard a lot of screaming,” the second caller said. “And then a huge like — boom.”
In total, five people phoned cops in order to get Johnson help.
According to police, first responders got to the scene just minutes after the calls were placed … but Johnson was pronounced dead after he was rushed to the hospital.
A spokesperson for the Miami Dade Sheriff’s Office told us, “There’s no foul play suspected,” and the matter “has been unequivocally deemed a suicide.”
Johnson played eight years in the NFL — rushing for 5,979 yards and 49 touchdowns.
On Wednesday — which would have been his 46th birthday — Johnson’s family and friends honored him with an evening ceremony on Miami Beach.