Roof hopping man causes street closures, police say

An hourslong standoff successful northwest Las Vegas connected Sunday day has led to aggregate thoroughfare closures successful the area, Las Vegas constabulary said.

Officers were trying to apprehension a wanted fishy successful the 8500 artifact of Twinkling Topaz Avenue astatine 11:25 a.m., Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Brian Boxler said.

The man, who constabulary judge is armed, “refused to cooperate” and started jumping onto the roofs of houses successful the area, Boxler said.

SWAT officers had contained the antheral to a extortion successful the area, Boxler said.

People successful the country should debar the scene, adjacent Durango Drive and Racel Street, Boxler said.

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