TWO police cars were damaged and residents had to be evacuated as a man threw items out from a city centre building in the early hours of the morning.
Roads around Fletcher Gate were closed during the incident which lasted for several hours yesterday.
A 27-year-old resident of Weekday Cross, who did not want to be named, took pictures of the scene as it unfolded.
He said: "I saw a bloke in the window of the building next to the Cross Keys pub at about 8pm on Tuesday. Police started to gather and there was an ambulance too.
"Then they stopped letting people out of Fletcher Gate car park and closed the road.
"My girlfriend and I watched what was happening.
"The man then started to throw what looked like big silver beer barrels out of the window at the police.
"I saw one of the barrels hit the roof of one of the police cars and smash the lights.
"It was really weird – we just couldn't believe what we were seeing.
"I just kept thinking 'I hope he doesn't jump out of the window'."
He added: "When I went to bed about 1am the man was still in the window and the police were still trying to coax him down.
"He had been up there for at least five hours by then.
"It was just such a strange thing to see."
A Notts police spokeswoman said: "A number of roads were closed and residents were evacuated from flats in Fletcher Gate on Tuesday evening, as a precaution, after reports that a man was on the roof of buildings across from the car park."
She added: "A 22-year-old man has since been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage, after two police vehicles were damaged by falling items during the incident.
"Roads reopened around 2.20am yesterday morning . No one was injured."
