{"id":603623,"date":"2026-04-13T07:21:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T07:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/603623\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T07:21:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T07:21:20","slug":"emergency-services-rush-to-broadway-shopping-centre-as-large-area-is-cordoned-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/603623\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency services rush to Broadway Shopping Centre as large area is cordoned off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            Man climbed onto Broadway Shopping Centre roofUnfolded in front of lunchtime shoppers and families\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-1762\/kylie-stevens.html\" class=\"author\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KYLIE STEVENS, SENIOR BREAKING NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  23:40 EDT, 12 April 2026   |  Updated:  00:31 EDT, 13 April 2026   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A major police operation is underway at a busy <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/sydney\/index.html\" id=\"mol-83dbe6f0-36ea-11f1-9416-53671b1bf35d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sydney<\/a> shopping centre after a man reportedly threatened to jump from the top level.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Emergency services were called to Broadway Shopping Centre about 1pm Monday following reports a man had climbed onto the roof.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The centre was packed with lunchtime shoppers and young families at the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I saw two cops walking quickly up to the top floor,&#8217; a shocked father told Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;All these people were gathered around looking looking up at the roof, some people filming.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I asked a lady what was going on and she said a man was up the top, threatening to jump.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Security staff cordoned off a large section of the ground floor near Coles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I saw Police Rescue bring a long ladder inside the shopping centre and up the escalators,&#8217; the father added.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1cfbfd4ee467d1b4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/107847789-15727823-image-m-20_1776051430040.jpg\" height=\"652\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Emergency services were called to Broadway Shopping Centre on Monday following reports\u00a0a man had climbed onto the roof\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Emergency services were called to Broadway Shopping Centre on Monday following reports\u00a0a man had climbed onto the roof<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-c9e614262a035a00\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/107847793-15727823-A_large_section_of_the_busy_shopping_centre_has_been_cordoned_of-m-21_17760515243.jpeg\" height=\"506\" width=\"634\" alt=\"A large section of the busy shopping centre was cordoned off\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">A large section of the busy shopping centre was cordoned off<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-fa21aef806b0a5a5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/107847799-15727823-image-m-22_1776051550713.jpg\" height=\"330\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The NSW Police Rescue unit attended the scene\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The NSW Police Rescue unit attended the scene<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It is understood the incident was mental health-related and has since been resolved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Daily Mail has contacted Broadway Shopping Centre for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">More to come.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Emergency services rush to Broadway Shopping Centre as large area is cordoned off<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Man climbed onto Broadway Shopping Centre roofUnfolded in front of lunchtime shoppers and families\u00a0 By KYLIE STEVENS, SENIOR&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":603624,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[100,43,44,670,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-603623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-dailymail","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-sydney","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}