DUNWOODY, Ga. — Officers were able to safely take a mentally ill man into custody after he made his way up a Dunwoody church bell tower and then refused to come down.
Investigators with the Dunwoody Police Department said the man walked into the preschool at St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church on Mt. Vernon Road around noon on Tuesday and made his way to the church bell tower.
Teachers and staff at the pre-school moved the children to another area of the church while police attempted to get the man down.
As police were talking with the man, he jumped down from the bell tower onto the church roof, and then eventually into a tree.
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Officers were eventually able to get the man down from the tree and take him into custody to get him help. He was taken to a nearby hospital.
“I hope he gets the medical attention he needs to get his right mind back and I hope all his injuries heal and hope he will be well and I trust we’ll all be safe here forward,” said Rev. David Lower with St. Luke’s Church.
Dunwoody police said the man was no threat to the kids in the school and had no weapons.