A knife-wielding man has been arrested after police spent most of the night negotiating with him as he sat on his roof in Erith and hurled objects at officers.
Police were called at 1.05am to a residential address on Slade Green Road following reports of a man in possession of a knife who was threatening to self-harm.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police told News Shopper that officers attended and the man threw a number of objects towards them.
The knife-wielding man was arrested after police spent most of the night negotiating him down (c.) @MyCookipedia
At 8.28am, a 40-year-old man was arrested for affray and criminal damage.
He has been taken to a south London police station where he remains in custody.
The London Ambulance Service also attended.
There are no reports of any injuries.
Slade Green Road in Erith had been closed since 2am.
Przemek Wolski caught a glimpse of what was happening when he was walking his dog around 5am.
He said: "There is a guy on the roof, by the chimney, throwing stuff down to the street.
"Plenty of police are there.
"I saw this guy throwing something heavy on the street.
"Roof tile, or some ceramics from the chimney - not sure.
"Two girls in nurse uniforms told me that this guy has been there since 1am."
According to traffic reports there was also a crash in the night near Bridge Road, close to Slade Green station.
Slade Green Road has reopened and bus route 89 is back to its normal route after an earlier diversion.
Did you see what happened? Contact helen.corbett@london.newsquest.co.uk
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