MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Police in Miami Beach sprung into action on Monday due to a man threatening to jump from the roof of a hotel.
Miami Beach police said they responded to the Citizen Hotel, located at 1200 Lincoln Road, at approximately 2:52 a.m. after receiving reports of a man who said he was going to jump from the hotel’s sixth-floor roof.
Arriving officers said they found the man on the roof, pacing back and forth along the edge of the building.
Several hours passed before hostage negotiators were able to de-escalate the situation and safely bring the man off the roof.
Police said investigators found suicide notes in the man’s hotel room, and that during their negotiations, the man said he wanted to speak to his deceased father, indicating the death as a contributing factor to the incident.
The man was evaluated by first responders at the scene before being taken to Mount Sinai Medical Center for additional medical treatment, police said.
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