Man threatens to shoot police during crisis, Charlotte NC
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, a man with a history of mental health issues and drug use threatened to harm himself and said he would force the police to shoot him. He was reported to have a handgun and was alone inside a home near Covedale Drive.
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02:39
Transcript:
00:00
Any independence unit for a priority suicide threat?
00:05
1122nd route.
00:08
Near Covedale Drive, advisory: breaking and threatening to kill himself.
00:13
17, 10, 1020, copy.
00:16
4, 29.
00:18
24, copy.
00:20
The subject is going to Justin Alexander, the white male, and black guy.
00:26
He's going to make police shoot him.
00:29
Any additional units reference to the suicidal comments?
00:34
1716-160, I'm en route and when 1364 gets signed back on, he'll be en route as well.
00:42
10-4. Sergeant, you copy.
00:45
That's 10-4, copy.
00:46
You can put me on it.
00:49
10-4. You want to clear in line from the Supervisor call.
00:52
Uh,
00:54
you can put it back in key.
00:55
I'll get it.
00:57
Okay, four.
00:59
Any additional, they're saying this is because of a handgun, he has mental health issues, and he's going to make police shoot him.
01:05
17, 11, 26, 10-4, the hit.
01:08
Yeah, except four.
01:11
See, we can get some information on who's inside the house.
01:16
10-4. They're saying he's also been using meth and fentanyl.
01:19
We're all sent a message now and ask him.
01:21
The subject is in the home by himself.
01:25
Heck, where's I copy cops in the driveway if we can have her knee with ulcers, a few houses down.
01:32
Just a few minutes out.
01:34
Tenney may have a gun on his waist.
01:37
I'm just trying to get the call-taker to give him a meet downstairs, or down the hall.
01:43
Excuse me, down the road.
01:45
10-0-3 next.
01:48
Go ahead.
01:51
12-0-2-3, take-n-n-x.
01:54
10-4.
01:56
12-2-3 and 12-4, can you just clear out that commercial hold-up alarm? I don't know if it was already handled or not.
02:03
If we could just make sure medic is getting out and they can stage.
02:08
104. Officer Revised, she's saying she's going to meet officers at 9635.
02:12
She's going to get a black heap wrangler.
02:15
The unit says we're pulling up on Covedale, just make sure any blue lights are off.
02:20
That's 104.
02:21
I'm going to be able to call her at that first intersection on Covewood.
02:26
Hey Vaughan, I'm coming to Covedale from Monroe.
02:29
I'll probably stop
02:31
around wishing well, get out, deploy rifle.
02:36
All right, that's simpler.
02:38
We're speaking with it quite enough.
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Location mentioned:
Covedale Dr, Charlotte, NC 28270
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