A man fled onto a roof after he allegedly attacked a medic responding to an out-of-control person at a South Philadelphia vacant lot.
The man became belligerent Monday morning along Mercy Street near 5th Street, according to neighbors.
As medics tried to help him, the man went on the attack, grabbing a milk crate at one point, said witnesses. The man then went onto the roof of a nearby property.
Police couldn’t convince the man to come down from the roof so crews took a gurney onto the roof and strapped the man in before sliding him down and onto a stretcher.
Police said the medic should be OK. No word on the condition of the alleged attacker who uttered unintelligible words as he was wheeled into a waiting ambulance.
No word yet if the belligerent man will face charges.
