Man who Fled Traffic Stop Remains in Second-Story Window Threatening to Jump

Police spokeswoman Officer Grace Gatpandan said he might be in an “altered state”.

A man believed to have been in a stolen vehicle who was threatening to jump from the third story of a building in South of Market has been taken into custody, police have reported. But San Francisco police were determined to help this man, who may have made a few mistakes, in a moment of passion, not make the biggest mistake of all: Jumping. He dangled there, “shirtless, barefoot and threatening to jump” for about three hours, as a crowd gathered below. The presence of the cat calmed the suspect, enabling police to get him safely inside before arresting him. CHP San Francisco via Twitter The man ran into the building at 10th and Harrison streets at around 2:30 p.m. and didn’t come down from the top floor window until negotiators used his cat to convince him to retreat.

But it was only when he saw his cat that he chose to come down.

She wrote, “Never underestimate the power of an owner’s love for their pet #kitten!”

The suspect eventually went inside the building and was taken into police custody at approximately 6:02 p.m.

The hostage negotiators establish a trust with the person, regardless if they are suicidal or a suspect, and you want to maintain that trust as much as you can, Esparza said. Obviously, he had a very emotional attachment to the cat and it was nice to comfort him as much as possible.