Hollywood’s Sunset Blvd shut down as protestor climbs TV tower holding ‘Free Billie Eilish’ sign and guitar: Authorities deploy large inflatable airbag while attempting to talk him down
- A man clutching a guitar and a sign reading Free Billie Eilish has climbed up a TV tower in Los Angeles
A man clutching a guitar and a sign reading: ‘Free Billie Eilish‘ has climbed by up a 30-foot TV tower along Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood.
The Los Angeles Fire Department was called to the scene around 6:30 pm local time on Tuesday after receiving a report about a man climbing the KTLA tower in the city.
The man was at one point playing his guitar. Officials have referred to him as a ‘protester,’ reports KTLA, but it unclear what he is protesting. Since climbing up the tower, which he has since come down from, ‘Free Billie Eilish’ has started to trend on Twitter.
A large inflatable airbag has been placed below the man as emergency responders work to bring him down safely.
Roads around the station’s headquarters have been shut down. Power to the tower was also shut off as crisis negotiators spoke with the man.
A man clutching a guitar and a sign reading: ‘Free Billie Eilish’ has climbed by up a 30-foot TV tower along Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood
He threw his guitar onto the inflatable before climbing down the 162-foot TV tower.
On the other side of his sign, read: ‘MK ultra sex slaves Donald Marshall clones.’ It is unclear what he is referring too, but Marshall was a Canadian has become synonymous with wrongful conviction after he was incorrectly convicted of murder in 1971.