Police have revealed they have arrested a man after a five-hour standoff in Coventry. Officers were called to Villa Road in Radford this morning (Friday, January 3).
Neighbours dialled 999 after a man was seen on the roof of a property on Villa Road. Firefighters were dispatched to the scene of the incident at around 11.25am.
Villa Road was cordoned off at the junction with Radford Road. Police spent around five hours negotiating with the man who is aged in his 30s.
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Drones were used to monitor the incident, which has now been safely resolved. A woman who lives on Villa Road told CoventryLive that the situation was’ nerve-wracking.’
At around 5pm today (January 3), the man, who has not been named, voluntarily agreed to come down from the roof of the property on Villa Road. He was arrested as part of an ongoing investigation, West Midlands Police said.
Police on Villa Road in Radford on Friday, January 3
(Image: CoventryLive/Jaspreet Kaur)
In a statement issued this evening (January 3), West Midlands Police said: “A man in his 30s has been arrested following an incident in Coventry. We were called to Villa Road in Radford after reports of a man on the roof of a property.
“Officers have been in attendance throughout today (January 3), engaging with the man. He has now voluntarily come down from the roof and been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation.”
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