Police trying to talk man with 2 kids off roof of Bessemer home
Police have been on the scene at Bessemer house for hours trying to talk a man and two young children down from the roof.
Officers were called to the house in the 2300 block of Clarendon Avenue at 3:10 a.m. Saturday on a report of people on the roof.
When they arrived, the found an adult man and two young children perched on top of the house.
Det. Justin Burmeister said the man refused to come down. A Spanish-speaking negotiator has been trying to talk him down for hours.
The man does not live there and police don’t know his connection to the house.
Live video of the event on Facebook shows the man hugging his children and crying.
Burmeister said the man is not wanted for any crime and there are no ICE agents on the scene.
This story will be updated as it develops.
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