UPDATE: A man who kept police officers at bay for several hours Thursday afternoon as he threatened to jump from the roof of an Office Depot store on Brainerd Road has been taken into custody, according to Chattanooga police.
The man, whose identity has not yet been released, has been charged with disorderly conduct and trespassing, Chattanooga police department spokeswoman Elisa Myzal said.
The police department’s hostage negotiation team spent several hours talking to the man, trying to prevent him from jumping, before taking him into custody.
The parking lot at the Office Depot store, in the 5600 block of Brainerd Road, was closed during the standoff, but otherwise traffic in the area was not affected, Myzal said.
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