Former One Direction singer Liam Payne died Wednesday after falling into the courtyard of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Argentina's emergency services director Alberto Crescenti confirmed to CBS News.

He was 31 years old.

Crescenti said an ambulance arrived seven minutes later. He declined to answer questions about the incident, including whether Payne jumped from the balcony or accidentally fell, The Associated Press reported.

Police were dispatched to the hotel in response to a 911 call about an “aggressive man who could be under the influence of drugs or alcohol,” Pablo Policicchio, a spokesman for the Buenos Aires Municipality Department of Security, said in a statement to The AP. Policicchio said Payne “threw himself from the balcony of his room.”

According to media reports, Payne, who came from Great Britain, had attended a performance by his former bandmate Niall Horan in Argentina. Payne posted a series of social media videos showing him heading to Argentina.

Last year, Payne has postponed his South American tour – with shows in Peru, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Argentina and Mexico – after a serious kidney infection. He explained to fans that he was hospitalized due to illness in a video explaining his decision.

Payne, who has struggled with alcohol, announced in 2023 that he had been sober for 100 days. While a podcast interview in 2021He explained how One Direction members became too famous too fast – and said he often turned to drinking to cope with the increasing pressure of being a member of the globally famous boy band.

One Direction members Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik formed during The X Factor's Boot Camp in 2010 and sold 70 million records by 2020, according to the BBC.

In 2016 Payne signed a solo contract with the UK division of Capitol Records, about a month after the former bandmate Harry Styles signed a record deal with Colombia Records.

Payne had a son in 2017 with former “X Factor” judge Cheryl Cole.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

Michael Roppolo contributed to this report.