A Man Holds Police at Bay for Seven Hours on a Roof
A man who held police at bay for seven hours on the roof of a house in Bessemer is now facing multiple charges. According to court records, Nelson Giovann Gomez-Orllana is accused of using his two children as human shields and threatening to throw them off the roof.
Gomez-Orllana has been charged with two counts of willful child abuse, two counts of making a terrorist threat, resisting arrest, and criminal mischief. The incident took place one week ago when Bessemer police were called to a house on the 2300 block of Clarendon Avenue at 3:10 a.m. due to reports of people on the roof.
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Upon arrival, officers found Gomez-Orllana and two young children on top of the house. Detective Justin Burmeister reported that the man refused to come down. A crisis intervention specialist from Ryan’s Hope Foundation was sent to the scene, along with a Spanish-speaking officer, to try to negotiate with the man and convince him to descend from the roof.
Live video shared on Facebook showed the man hugging his children and crying. At this point, police stated that Gomez-Orllana had not been wanted for any crime. However, according to charging documents, he told police that he would throw his children, aged 7 and 12, off the roof if they intervened during the seven-hour standoff.
The child abuse charges also include the claim that the man forced the children to stay on the rooftop for hours without food or water and used them as a human shield. During the standoff, it is alleged that Gomez-Orllana damaged homes by removing and throwing roof shingles and ventilation components, leading to the criminal mischief charge.
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The terrorist threat charges are based on the man causing a disruption to governmental operations. Court records state that this disruption diminished the capacity of the police department to respond to other calls for service. Additionally, the incident activated the city’s Special Response Team and Crisis Intervention Team, which weakened the department’s ability to address other public safety needs.
Eventually, Gomez-Orllana and the boys jumped from the roof and used a tree to access a second roof. Bessemer firefighters were seen using a ladder truck to bring down the two children shortly before 10 a.m. that Saturday. Gomez-Orllana was taken into custody and treated for minor injuries.
He was booked into the Jefferson County Jail on Thursday night and remains in custody with a total bond of $69,000. The case highlights the complex and dangerous situations that can arise during standoffs involving children and law enforcement. It also underscores the importance of crisis intervention teams and the need for careful negotiation in such high-stakes scenarios.
