LA car chase leads suspect to climb crane and eventually plummet to his death – PB/TK
Naked crane climber tumbles seven stories to his death – By CBS News / Aug 17 2017
LOS ANGELES — A suspected car thief has died after leading police on a chase that ended with a standoff when the man climbed a crane at the Port of Los Angeles, CBS Los Angeles reports.
The man spent about three hours on the crane and eventually took off all his clothes, at around 8.p.m.
During the standoff, the man was seen walking around, waving, twitching and even doing calisthenics on the narrow ledge of the crane. A SWAT team eventually approached the man and tried to coax him down to safety.
At about 9:30 p.m., the man either fell or jumped to his death, landing on a ship, police said.
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