DC roof standoff ends after naked man comes down from tree

A man was arrested early Thursday morning after police say he exposed himself while climbing powerline wires and rooftops in a Northwest D.C. neighborhood Wednesday afternoon in a standoff that lasted nearly 10 hours.

The incident caused the Brightwood Park neighborhood to go under lockdown but the standoff came to an end at 1 a.m. Thursday when the man came down from a tree and was arrested, D.C. police said.

Officers responded to the 1200 Block of Jefferson Street Northwest Wednesday afternoon for a “man with a gun” but when they arrived on the scene, it turned into a barricade situation. When officers arrived they found the man naked jumping from roof to roof at Georgia Avenue near Jefferson Street in the Brightwood Park neighborhood.

The man also walked across power lines, which had been shut off by crews to prevent electrocution of the man.

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