Bomb Threat at Santa Monica Pier, Man Arrested After Climbing Ferris Wheel

Wild scene on the well-known Santa Monica Pier … a person claiming to be armed with a bomb climbed the long-lasting Ferris wheel earlier than in the end being taken into custody.

The loopy scene performed out Monday afternoon on the vacationer attraction … with cops saying it began when the man instructed of us he had a bomb on him, after which began climbing the carnival trip.

The Santa Monica Police Division says as the person scaled the Ferris wheel, he was shouting at officers down on the pier … however they could not make out what he was saying as he frolicked in the midst of the spoke.

Shocked onlookers watched in horror as a standoff ensued, and it did not take lengthy for helicopters to begin swirling overhead.

The Ferris wheel stopped and people who had been on the trip grew to become caught … and so they needed to be rescued by a Santa Monica Hearth Division cherry picker truck.

About an hour into the affair, the man began climbing down from his perch on the 85-foot tall trip … showing to speak with regulation enforcement.