Watch dramatic moment 10 armed police repeatedly fire Tasers at knife-wielding man on roof | The Sun
THIS is the shocking moment armed cops swarmed a knife-wielding man who scaled a house.
Cops screamed "taser, taser" as the man was brought to the floor outside a terraced house on a quiet residential street.
Footage of the take-down in Birmingham was filmed by a shocked passerby.
The man was arrested and sectioned under the Mental Health Act after "acting erratically with a knife", West Midlands Police say.
In the clip, the man is seen waving a blade above his head while standing on top of a porch.
He then steps down onto a window sill and continues shouting as armed police swarm.
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As the man steps onto the ground and wields his knife behind his head at the cops, officers shout "taser, taser".
The man – who is wearing a backpack – then backs up against the wall as the sound of tasers and a barking police dog are heard.
Cops knock two bins out the way as the knifeman falls to the floor and officers swoop to make their arrest.
One yells: "Drop the knife" – before another shouts: "I've got him."
A West Midlands Police spokesperson said: "A man was sectioned under the Mental Health Act following reports of him acting erratically and being armed with a knife in a Birmingham street last night (16 Aug).
"We were called to Fernhurst Road, Birmingham, at 7.30pm after a man was seen in the street with a large knife and shouting.
"We were told he was hitting a tree with the knife and approaching people in cars.
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"The man, believed to be in his 40s, went inside a property before jumping from a porch roof.
"He was tasered at the scene and detained before being taken to a secure hospital facility for an assessment and treatment."
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