Police talk man off top of downtown Fort Worth building after he threatened to jump
Police on Tuesday talked a man down who threatened to jump from the top of a building in downtown Fort Worth after several hours of intervention, according to a police spokesman.
The man was on top of a parking garage in the 1200 block of Houston Street, police said. They said before 10 p.m. they had managed to get the man off the roof and take him away for evaluation but did not say at what time. He was still on the roof around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
One witness said on Twitter just before 11 a.m. that the man was threatening to jump toward Houston Street.
Dustin Schneider said in a Twitter message to the Star-Telegram that police were asking people in the area around 11 a.m. not to shoot video or any zoomed-in photos of the man as they worked to get him safely off the roof.
At the time police were still allowing foot traffic along the walkways but had the road closed, Schneider said.
Police later closed the area off, diverting all traffic while officers worked for hours to get the man to safety.
This story was originally published January 19, 2021 at 2:29 PM.