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Person with gun threatens to break door on fifth floorCambridge MA

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Near Lambert St, Cambridge, MA 02141

Police responded to reports of a person with a gun trying to break down a door on the fifth floor near Lambert Street in Cambridge. The suspect was described as a male dressed in all black named (name withheld). Two callers reported seeing the person waving a firearm in a hallway. Officers later found a man matching the description arguing with his partner but released him after encounter.

Audio|Source: Cambridge Police
04:31
Transcript:
00:00
On 11 are 17 or near Lambert Street.
00:02
It's going to be on the fifth floor in the hallway for a person with a gun.
00:07
RPCA is a gun.
00:08
He's trying to break down the door.
00:10
As we get further, still on the line.
00:13
No, obviously.
00:15
We can have it into that.
00:21
Do we have history with this unit, similar calls?
00:27
Simba.
00:32
Just on near Lambert Street.
00:35
As far as any history, we do have a domestic out of Unit 517, which we believe might be on the fifth floor, but that's all we have here.
00:46
One copy, we're at 517 this morning.
00:51
Copy, see now we've also had a break in in progress at this location before as well.
00:58
Control.
01:00
Antoine 17.
01:03
Is there any past history on any other units on that 4?
01:11
That's a negative.
01:12
It seems like it's just only that unit.
01:20
Two units respond, and we're getting, of course, now it's outside of Unit 511 on the fifth floor, that's Unit 511.
01:28
On the off.
01:30
Copy one on location.
01:36
The unit respond to near Lambert.
01:39
To near Lambert, we have a description of a male dressed in all black named (name withheld).
01:47
Good one. I just knew I'm gonna deploy the rifle.
01:51
One can you come back with that?
01:53
Brample deploy.
01:55
The car's going on.
01:58
Rishi going on.
02:04
Off the party mansion description on the Gore Street entrance.
02:11
Yeah.
02:14
Hey, you stand by, we just got up on the 5th floor.
02:19
It seems that the SP is still in the hallway there.
02:24
Yeah, we're off at the SP now.
02:25
Fifth floor.
02:28
Copy off the SP.
02:30
17 has a.
02:36
17, just be advised.
02:38
We did have a second caller saying they did see a firearm.
02:41
Can you go again?
02:46
Have a second RP call and saying they did see a, uh, them waving their gun around in the hallway.
02:53
Copy. I'm on location.
02:56
Copy.
02:58
Go on the base.
03:00
Answer him one.
03:03
Not risk of the person on the fifth floor comes back clear.
03:08
Copy.
03:13
Hey,
03:14
can we get any more information about the, uh,
03:17
about the SP?
03:24
No longer on the line with the RP.
03:27
All we have they were still in the hallway, male dressed in all black, named (name withheld).
03:37
401. Is his name definitely (name withheld)?
03:40
I just, uh,
03:43
I let the person matching the description go that I encounter.
03:48
This guy here is saying his name is (name withheld).
03:52
Four-R, do you have anybody off with you? Downstairs? Go off, I'm downstairs with you.
03:55
I'm downstairs with you.
03:57
I'm downstairs in the front lobby.
03:59
I don't see anyone.
04:04
I'm going to go back off with this gentleman.
04:06
He's walking towards the train tracks, to the left, to the left down course, three.
04:15
Control has that.
04:17
We're in the area.
04:19
We're C3 in the area.
04:24
We have the gentleman here, out of Unit 511.
04:27
City's having an argument with his flight.
04:31
Copy.

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