Photos: Mourners gather outside Hoffman’s apartment

Philip Seymour Hoffman’s body is transported to a New York Medical Examiner’s van.  (Alo Ceballos/Getty Images)

Philip Seymour Hoffman’s body is transported to a New York Medical Examiner’s van.  (Alo Ceballos/Getty Images)

NYPD police and detectives come out from the apartment where actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in Manhattan, New York February 2, 2014. Award-winning actor Hoffman was found dead in his New York City apartment on Sunday of an apparent drug overdose, according to a New York Police Department source.   (John Taggart/Reuters )

A woman who declined to give her name and said Philip Seymour Hoffman holds her head as she stands across the street from the apartment where they found the celebrity dead in New York.  (Joshua Lott/Reuters )

A woman who declined to give her name and said she was friends and working on a project with Philip Seymour Hoffman wipes away tears as she stands across the street from the apartment where they found the celebrity dead.  (Joshua Lott/Reuters )

Police officers stand outside the apartment of Philip Seymour Hoffman after he was found dead.  (Joshua Lott/Reuters )

A crowd gathers outside the apartment where movie actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead.  (Joshua Lott/Reuters )

Police stand outside the apartment where Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in Manhattan.  (John Taggart/Reuters )

Flowers are placed outside the apartment where actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in Manhattan.  (John Taggart/Reuters)

Police stand outside the apartment where actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead.  (John Taggart/Reuters)

Police officers stand outside Philip Seymour Hoffman’s apartment after the actor was found dead.  (Joshua Lott/Reuters )

Two men embrace near the apartment where Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead.  (Joshua Lott/Reuters )

The scene outside the apartment building of Philip Seymour Hoffman after he was found dead in New York.   (Stan Honda/ AFP/Getty Images)

A crowd gathers down the street from the apartment building of Philip Seymour Hoffman after he was reported dead.  (Stan Honda/ AFP/Getty Images)