Long Beach police say they were able to get an armed suspect down from a rooftop in the East Village area of Downtown in the predawn hours Tuesday.
Officers were originally called to the scene around 4:30 a.m. June 4 when someone reported “a prowler sitting on the rooftop of a residence” on Linden Avenue between Broadway and Third Street, police said.
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It’s not clear why the suspect was on the roof, but police said officers were able to take the person into custody “through successful de-escalation.”
They also seized a gun and arrested the alleged prowler on suspicion of illegally possessing a firearm, police said.
The case is still under investigation, the LBPD said.