TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Police are investigating after a man was found asleep on top of a church in downtown Tampa Monday morning.
Officers responded to a call about a man on the roof of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church on Florida Avenue.
Firefighters used a ladder truck to reach him.
The man was taken down from the roof and placed into police custody, a Tampa Police Department lieutenant said. The man will be evaluated for any mental health issues.
It’s believed the man jumped from a nearby parking garage onto the roof.
He wasn’t hurt.
Father George Corrigan tells us he was asleep in the church at the time and never heard the commotion.STORIES THAT OTHERS ARE CLICKING ON
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