LA PUENTE, Ca. -- An 83-year-old man who'd had enough pushed an intruder off
of his roof after a nearly five-hour standoff with police.
It all started at about 6:30 a.m. Wednesday when someone called 911 reporting
they were being followed, KTLA reports. That's when police found a man
jumping from one rooftop to another as he tried to run from them.
The chase lasted several hours, despite a crisis negotiator who tried to
convince the suspect to come down. Then, the man arrived at the rooftop of
83-year-old Wilford Burgess.
"He wasn’t staying in one place," Burgess told KTLA, describing the man's
movement from home to home. "He’d be on one edge and then around on the other
parts."
He was on Burgess' roof for about an hour before the homeowner decided to go
up after him. Burgess climbed a ladder to the roof, and pushed the man off and
into the custody of police.
"He'd been up there too long," said Burgess. "I figured...if they can't get
him off, I can."
Burgess' granddaughter, Ashley Wrenn, recorded the incident on her cell
phone.
"He's like the strongest person in our family," she said. "It wasn't a
surprise to us."
I like how this guy just takes care of business!
of his roof after a nearly five-hour standoff with police.
It all started at about 6:30 a.m. Wednesday when someone called 911 reporting
they were being followed, KTLA reports. That's when police found a man
jumping from one rooftop to another as he tried to run from them.
The chase lasted several hours, despite a crisis negotiator who tried to
convince the suspect to come down. Then, the man arrived at the rooftop of
83-year-old Wilford Burgess.
"He wasn’t staying in one place," Burgess told KTLA, describing the man's
movement from home to home. "He’d be on one edge and then around on the other
parts."
He was on Burgess' roof for about an hour before the homeowner decided to go
up after him. Burgess climbed a ladder to the roof, and pushed the man off and
into the custody of police.
"He'd been up there too long," said Burgess. "I figured...if they can't get
him off, I can."
Burgess' granddaughter, Ashley Wrenn, recorded the incident on her cell
phone.
"He's like the strongest person in our family," she said. "It wasn't a
surprise to us."
I like how this guy just takes care of business!