Armed man threatens police with gun and knife, Chicago IL
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WeaponsAccording to the dispatch call, police responded to a report near South Union Ave of a man threatening to shoot officers. He was seen armed with a knife and was accompanied by a woman. Officers used caution and surrounded the building while trying to communicate with the man. The armed man moved inside the building during the incident.
Audio|Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 06
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06:6
Transcript:
00:00
All right, near South Union Ave.
00:02
Are you guys better? You guys need a couple more cars.
00:07
You go ahead and send some cars over here.
00:11
All right, can I get a couple more cars over to near South Union Ave? Use caution because the man threatened to shoot the police.
00:20
The building, so telling me proceed with caution and take cover.
00:24
We're pointing at him right now, just in case you.
00:25
That's all wrong.
00:31
All right, ten-four guys.
00:33
Once again, just use caution.
00:35
They do have him at gunpoint right now, but just use caution because he is threatening to shoot the police.
00:45
Okay.
00:50
Is it 7.30 if you're coming in?
00:53
7.13 can your report.
00:56
Okay. Okay.
01:00
En route with Sergeant 7.
01:03
710, 9-0-0-0-0-0-10.
01:09
10-4[1].
01:11
734, sure we're going with 713.
01:14
34, 10-4[1]. Good morning.
01:22
735, you could sell us in the rear.
01:24
Beginning.
01:26
Temper,
01:28
you said you guys made entry?
01:31
Negative. We're just starting rear.
01:33
All right, temper.
01:34
I got you in the rear of the building.
01:41
.3.
01:42
723. 723.
01:46
You go ahead, give them a call back,
01:48
see what it is that they need or want, or get more details on what's going on here.
01:56
723-10-4[1]. He keeps hanging up on the call-takers whenever we try to call him, but we'll try and see if he answers the phone.
02:05
So it's the male calling, right, not the female?
02:11
10-4[1]. It is the male and I'm looking at the,
02:14
well I'm going to go through the location.
02:16
It's really see what we have there.
02:22
712. We can do a slowdown[2] for now.
02:25
They can keep coming but they can go slow.
02:27
We got enough parts here.
02:29
All right, 104, getting a slowdown[2] now for near South Union Ave.
02:32
They have enough cars on scene.
02:34
Once again, Florida is down for near South Union Ave.
02:36
They have enough units on scene.
02:41
And 712 or 723 is a bad phone number for a callback that doesn't accept any outside number.
02:47
Yeah,
02:49
712. He's constantly talking outside of the window.
02:52
All right. Tephyr is talking outside of the window.
02:56
What floor is he on 712?
02:59
He's on the third.
03:02
Hey 10th floor, talking outside of third floor window.
03:05
Once again, because he's on scene, just use caution, guys.
03:08
Once again, he is threatening to shoot at the officers on scene.
03:11
And has anybody actually seen him with a weapon?
03:18
Probably not yet, but he said he had an AR when he was ready to use it against us.
03:23
He just went doing a countdown, so you guys don't leave in three seconds.
03:26
I'm going to start shooting.
03:27
He hasn't done any yet, so.
03:29
All right, ten-fourth.
03:34
All right, a hoodie and a black beanie.
03:36
Uh,
03:42
last thing is I was coming in, your radio cutout.
03:47
Hoodie and a black beanie.
03:49
All right, hoodie and a black beanie, ten-fourth.
03:53
He's on the first floor.
03:56
All right, first floor, hoodie, and a black beanie.
03:59
Uh,
04:01
looks like white joggers.
04:03
All right, ten four, he's on the first floor guys, hoodie, black beanie, white joggers.
04:07
If you use caution.
04:10
Yeah,
04:12
there's a woman there,
04:14
she's kind of like in the way, so units just presuming caution.
04:18
You have a knife, I'm fine.
04:22
Up.
04:28
What was the last unit that came in?
04:31
Tom with a knife.
04:33
All right, he is armed with a knife, guys.
04:35
Just use caution.
04:36
Once again, it's a male wearing a black beanie hoodie and white jogging pants.
04:40
He is with a female that's blocking his waist.
04:42
Just use caution.
04:43
He is armed with a knife.
04:49
712 mobile women.
04:50
Tell the ladies to come over here.
04:52
He's knee all the dresses.
04:58
I know he's on the first floor, is he closer to the front of the building or the rear of the building, guys?
05:05
He's the other building.
05:11
Sorry, the radio cut out, guys.
05:13
Can you try one more time?
05:19
725. He just walked back in.
05:21
The seven time has a shieldman car.
05:24
All right, does anybody have a shield for 725, the male just walked back into the building?
05:34
7-7-7. Let me check.
05:36
All right, 10-4[1].
05:37
7-25-7-10 is going to check.
05:40
715, we got one.
05:43
All right, 10-4[1], 7-257-15 has a shield.
05:47
All right, 10-4[1].
05:48
It looks like he went back up in there.
05:50
He was armed with a knife, so.
05:53
All right, 10-4[1], male went back up into the building, possibly the third floor.
05:58
He is armed with a knife.
05:59
Once again, the male went back up to the third floor, possibly.
06:01
He is armed with the knife.
06:02
Does anybody have the female, did she leave the building, or is she still with him?
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment; message received or affirmative (OK).
[2]
slowdown: Reduce response; situation under control, respond routine or hold nonessential traffic
Disclaimer:
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Location mentioned:
S Union Ave, Chicago, IL 60621
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