{"id":1635897,"date":"2022-09-07T21:49:13","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T01:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1635897"},"modified":"2022-09-07T21:50:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T01:50:03","slug":"watch-suspect-dangles-from-power-lines-attempts-dangerous-escape-from-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-suspect-dangles-from-power-lines-attempts-dangerous-escape-from-police\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Suspect Dangles From Power Lines, Attempts Dangerous Escape From Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-suspect-dangles-from-power-lines-attempts-dangerous-escape-from-police%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1635897&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A male suspect attempted to scale power lines in an effort to evade police after he allegedly fired a gun in northwest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/washington-d-c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington, D.C.<\/a>, late Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the man was reportedly experiencing a mental health issue and had been standing on a rooftop naked when he allegedly began firing shots and exposing himself. He put his clothes back on before attempting to flee the scene.<\/p>\n<p>FOX5 evening news anchor Jim Lokay kept viewers apprised of the latest developments through a series of tweets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBREAKING: Several streets blocked off in the Brightwood Park section of NW DC around Georgia Ave and Kennedy St as an armed man is standing on a rooftop, and also exposing himself. More to come on #FOX5DC on air and online,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Several streets blocked off in the Brightwood Park section of NW DC around Georgia Ave and Kennedy St as an armed man is standing on a rooftop, and also exposing himself. More to come on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FOX5DC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FOX5DC<\/a> on air and online. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0VyQUWxE8M\">pic.twitter.com\/0VyQUWxE8M<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Lokay (@LokayFOX5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LokayFOX5\/status\/1567623075096584195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Police attempted to apprehend the man near the intersection of Kennedy St. and Georgia Ave., and although he was able to evade capture, officers did recover a firearm from the scene. Officers said that while the situation was still developing, they did not consider the man to be an \u201cactive threat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>D.C. Metro Police officers blocked off several streets in their ongoing effort to continue the investigation.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MPD Investigation at Georgia Ave, &#038; Jefferson St, NW<br \/>\u26d4\ufe0f 5400 Block of Georgia Ave, NW btw Jefferson St &#038; Kennedy St, NW (North\/South) <br \/>\u26d4\ufe0f 1200 Block of Jefferson St, NW btw Georgia Ave, &#038; 13th St, NW (East\/West) <br \/>\ud83d\ude97 Watch for MPD directions > Closures are subject to change<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DC Police Traffic (@DCPoliceTraffic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DCPoliceTraffic\/status\/1567609908765380608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to several follow-up tweets, the suspect attempted a very risky escape using the power lines above the street.<\/p>\n<p>NBC4 reporter Jackie Benson added, \u201cHappening Now: intersection Georgia and Jefferson NW shut down. Man seen here has disrobed and is trying to swing on power lines. DC police trying to get him to come down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Happening Now: intersection Georgia and Jefferson NW shut down. Man seen here has disrobed and is trying to swing on power lines. DC police trying to get him to come down \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nbcwashington?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nbcwashington<\/a>\u2069 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jhMX9J62zC\">pic.twitter.com\/jhMX9J62zC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jackie Bensen (@jackiebensen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jackiebensen\/status\/1567615510954627078?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA man continues to evade police in NW DC, traversing power lines in the Brightwood Park neighborhood, more than an hour after firing a gun from a nearby rooftop. #FOX5DC,\u201d Lokay added.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Update: three hours later, the man is still hanging above the street. Police have inflated a large safety cushion on the street below. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FOX5DC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FOX5DC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TwA7lr5SoU\">pic.twitter.com\/TwA7lr5SoU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Lokay (@LokayFOX5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LokayFOX5\/status\/1567664136531726341?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpdate: three hours later, the man is still hanging above the street. Police have inflated a large safety cushion on the street below. #FOX5DC,\u201d Lokay added.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Flores, 7NewsDC reporter, noted that the man had also spent some of his time on the run utilizing the rooftops.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re at the scene where a man is running across roofs of homes on Jefferson and 13th in NW D.C.,\u201d he shared. \u201cJust moments ago he was walking across power lines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re at the scene where a man is running across roofs of homes on Jefferson and 13th in NW D.C. Just moments ago he was walking across power lines. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5TVD5wrPzC\">pic.twitter.com\/5TVD5wrPzC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christian Flores (@CFloresNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CFloresNews\/status\/1567630781241065472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2022<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A male suspect attempted to scale power lines in an effort to evade police after he allegedly fired a gun in northwest Washington, D.C., late Wednesday afternoon. According to reports, the man was reportedly experiencing a mental health issue and had been standing on a rooftop naked when he allegedly began firing shots and exposing &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1635899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1635897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1635897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1635897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1635897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1635899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1635897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1635897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1635897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}