Shirtless man attacks firefighters in South Los Angeles

A passerby filmed the moment a shirtless man jumped onto a fire truck and attacked crews as they responded to a call in South Los Angeles.

It happened about a half mile from Engine 16’s station. The shirtless man runs into the road while the crew is resetting the engine, delaying their response time to the emergency.

The suspect then reaches into the fire truck through an open window while a firefighter runs past the front of the truck and attempts to pull him out, but to no avail.

Another firefighter then jumped out of the car with a kind of baton and chased the man away. Local residents condemned the shirtless man’s actions and said the firefighters were trying to do their job and help people.

The Los Angeles County Fire Department said paramedics were called to evaluate the suspect before the Sheriff’s Department arrested him.

This was not the first time that Fire Truck 16 had run into trouble on call. Firefighters reported that people had jumped on the truck during a street takeover a few months ago.