Man With Machete Talked Off Culver City Roof By Crisis Team

CULVER CITY, CA — A man on a Culver City home's roof, who was behaving in a threatening manner while brandishing a machete, was convinced to surrender peacefully Friday morning after a multi-hour standoff with police and crisis negotiators, according to authorities.

Officers were called Thursday at about 11:45 p.m. to a home on the 7000 block of Wrightcrest Drive, where a male, armed with a machete, was on the roof and second-story scaffolding, the Culver City Police Department said.

The resident told police he did not know the individual, and, when he confronted him, the suspect "violently threatened him with the machete," the agency said.

Neighboring law enforcement agencies assisted with establishing a perimeter around the house, nearby residents were evacuated, and a Culver City police drone was launched to monitor the situation, authorities said.

For several hours, police on the ground, along with announcements from a Los Angles Police Department helicopter overhead, urged the man to surrender, but to no avail, officials said.

"The subject continued to ignore officer’s requests and continued to yell obscenities at officers, while still armed with the machete," the department said.

After joining the scene at about 3 a.m., a trained negotiation officer from Culver City police's Crisis Negotiation and Emergency Response Teams took over communication, built a rapport with the man and de-escalated the situation, convincing the individual to put down the machete and climb down to surrender, the department said.

The subject, who was not identified, was arrested for suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.

No injuries were reported during the incident.

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