A police standoff in Los Angeles featured a man allegedly shooting at an LAPD helicopter … and TMZ obtained the insane video of the man firing bullets in the air!

In the footage, you see a man dressed in black pacing menacingly around the front yard of a home on West 76th Street … and he flashes a handgun as the sound of a police helicopter circles overhead.

The man suddenly points the gun towards the sky and squeezes off several rounds as onlookers comment that he’s shooting towards a helicopter.

Cops say they were originally called to the South L.A. neighborhood over reports of a man with a gun threatening family members.