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.

A security guard on his second day on the job told CBS Los Angeles that he saw the man as he made his way up scaffolding to the top of the four-story church and thought at first he might jump.

Police caught up with the man after he broke a window and climbed into an apartment that had just been evacuated, The Los Angeles Times reported. The initial call came in at about 8:30 p.m. and the man was arrested two hours later, according to the newspaper. Fortunately, the flames didn’t spread that far, reports said.

Source: nypost.com