A man in his underwear reportedly climbed a church and set fire to the cross on the bell tower before jumping from rooftop to rooftop using electrical wires to assist him.
Late in the evening on July 7, a security guard was on duty at the St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Boyle Heights.
The guard reported that he spotted a man ascending the construction scaffolding, and it appeared as if he was headed to the rooftop.