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On September 30, a shirtless man identified as Gabriel Hideo was caught by police after hiding and causing damage in the ceiling of a Macy’s store inside a Vancouver shopping mall for over an hour. Police used a ladder and mattress to catch him when he fell, which happened dramatically during a standoff where Hideo ignored repeated requests to come down peacefully. He faces charges including first-degree malicious mischief and burglary along with an outstanding felony warrant.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-07,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On September 30, Gabriel Llamalt Hideo was found hiding in the ceiling of a Macy's store inside a mall in Vancouver, Washington. The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) received reports around 4 pm that someone was breaking tiles and crawling through the ceiling above the home department area. Employees had noticed unusual activity earlier that day.
Body camera footage showed officers placing a ladder into the open hole to catch Hideo if he fell; they also put a mattress on the floor for safety. Despite repeated attempts by police to talk him down, Hideo crawled around inside the ceiling for over an hour before climbing onto the ladder and then trying to climb back up when officers pulled the ladder away. He ultimately fell through the ceiling and landed on the mattress. Hideo was arrested and charged with first-degree malicious mischief, first-degree burglary, and a felony warrant.
Written for “Burglar Hides Ceiling Crashes” on 2026-10-07,
grounded in this article and the 1 other(s) covering the same event.
A shirtless burglar was spotted bizarrely crawling inside the ceiling of a Washington state Macy’s before dramatically plunging to the floor below, where he was nabbed by cops after an hour-long standoff, insane video shows.
asserted
video → spot → standoff
Employees at the store inside the Vancouver shopping mall called police on Sept. 30 after witnessing a man crawling above their heads, breaking ceiling tiles and damaging lights, wiring and other fixtures during his ducted pursuit, the Vancouver Police Department said on social media.
asserted
Department → call → media
Cops perched a ladder into the overhead space and placed a mattress beneath in case the tile-hopping man fell through, according to KATU.
uncertain
man → perch → KATU
The ceiling scuttler ignored repeated requests from police to come down and instead continued to cause more damage from above.
asserted
scuttler → ignore → damage
After trying to talk the man down for over an hour, police said the roof rat — identified as Gabriel Hideo — finally stepped onto the ladder but quickly changed his mind and tried to scurry back up.
asserted
rat → try → mind
Officers tried pulling on the ladder to stop Hideo from climbing back up, when he dramatically fell from the ceiling, appearing to hit the ladder before crash-landing onto the mattress, video shows.
asserted
video → try → mattress
“He landed on the mattress, got up and tried to run.
asserted
He → land → mattress
That didn’t work out so well,” the police department wrote on Facebook.
asserted
department → work → Facebook
Hideo is seen in the footage rolling on the ground parkour style before trying to quickly scurry away from the group of cops.
asserted
Hideo → see → cops
Police managed to apprehend the shirtless ceiling explorer who was grunting loudly while being cuffed.
asserted
who → manage → explorer
Hideo was booked into the Clark County Jail on first-degree charges of malicious mischief and burglary, in addition to an outstanding felony warrant, according to the outlet.
uncertain
Hideo → book → outlet
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