PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Vancouver police spent more than an hour attempting to remove a man who was crawling around the ceiling of a Vancouver Mall department store last Wednesday.
Vancouver Mall employees reported to police officers that a man was crawling around their ceiling, breaking ceiling tiles.
According to officers, when they arrived to the scene, they commanded the man to come down. Instead of leaving the ceiling, police said the man moved through the ceiling, damaging wiring, lights, and more tiles.
Officers and firefighters said they evacuated the second floor while attempting to remove the man from the ceiling. Police said they put a ladder up to the ceiling, with a mattress underneath him in case he fell…