Overview
- Emergency services went to Marmion Avenue in Bootle after 4.45pm Wednesday following reports of an injured man behaving erratically.
- Witnesses and reporters saw the man on a shed roof with visible blood as he asked for water.
- Merseyside Police set up a cordon and deployed armed officers, with fire and ambulance crews at the scene, as residents were told to stay inside.
- He came down safely by about 8pm and, in a Thursday morning update, police said he was detained under the Mental Capacity Act and taken to hospital.
- Police have not released his identity or condition, and the Mental Capacity Act lets authorities arrange urgent care when someone seems unable to make safe decisions for themselves.