Police standoff with a man shouting from a McDonald’s roof is over
A man who was throwing items off the roof of a McDonald’s just south of North Miami was taken into custody early Wednesday, ending an hours-long standoff with police.
It began around 4 a.m. at the McDonald’s on Northwest Seventh Avenue and 119th Street, near Interstate 95. The drama played out just west of Barry University in unincorporated Miami-Dade County.
Restaurant employees told WSVN and Local 10 that their appliances suddenly turned off shortly before the man was spotted climbing onto the roof.
They called 911, thinking it was a possible burglary, said Miami-Dade police.
When officers arrived, the man began shouting and throwing objects at them from the roof, police said.
One of the items was a hammer, according to Local 10.
WSVN says it recorded some of the officers with long rifles appearing to be aiming at the roof of the fast-food restaurant. Police shut down roads in the area while negotiators began speaking with him.
While he was “distracted,” special unit forces snuck up onto the roof using another entrance and took him into custody shortly after 6:30 a.m., a police spokesman said.
Police say he will not be facing charges and Baker Acted him so they could take him to a hospital for a mental health evaluation.
The roads have since reopened.
This story was originally published February 26, 2020 at 6:53 AM.
