Traffic diverted after police called to '˜angry man' on Portsmouth roof
Eyewitnesses have seen a man standing on a first-floor house roof talking to police below.
Clare Ash, 66, of Southsea, saw the man as she went by on a bus.
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Hide AdShe said: ‘I saw a guy on a roof and he’s walking up and down on a phone pontificating.
‘There’s about a dozen police there.
‘They’ve drawn a crowd of children coming out of school.
‘He was on a phone and he’s throwing his arms around, he looked pretty angry about something.’
A Hampshire Constabulary spokeswoman said: ‘We’re currently dealing with a concern for welfare incident involving a man on a ledge of an address on Copnor Road.’
Stagecoach South said its 21 service was being delayed because of the incident.