Man in underwear torches cross on top of church, attempts to flee by jumping across rooftops

A man wearing only underwear and one sock set fire to a cross on top of a Los Angeles church, then jumped across rooftops in a bizarre standoff with police.

The 25-year-old man could be seen in news helicopter footage taking two death-defying leaps from building to building – and dangling from what appear to be electrical wires on Wednesday night. Cops finally arrested the man, who reportedly refused to give his name, about two hours after he set ablaze the cross on top of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in the Boyle Heights area of the city.