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Man brandishing bloodied knife near school taken into custodyChicago IL

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Near S Union Ave, Chicago, IL 60609

A man carrying a knife with blood on it was seen acting aggressively near a school on Union Avenue in Chicago. He was yelling at parents outside the school and running through nearby alleys. Police tracked him down and used a taser to detain him. He was taken into custody near 44th Street and Wallace in the alley. A knife was found on the ground near Graham School, believed to be his.

Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 13
04:32
Transcript:
00:00
Here for the units in nine, I think we have that, Ricky Jones from 925's job 340s on 42nd. Somebody spotted him at 44th in Union, 4-4 in Union, run in Northbound. So there was a male with dreadlocks in his hair, wearing a black and white jacket. He's got a knife with blood on him.
00:20
Again, he's 4-4-Union running northbound, if we can get some cars ahead that way.
00:30
921, I'm in the area. Can you repeat that again, please?
00:35
Citizen spotted a guy with a knife,
00:38
4-4 Union running northbound. For a foreign union running northbound, he is a male with dreadlocks in his hair.
00:46
We're in a black and white jacket. He's got a knife with blood on him.
00:50
So that fits our description of our subject.
00:55
34, you could drop it.
00:58
They call with you.
01:01
Some part.
01:03
9.34. Sorry.
01:09
Sorry. Who is that trying to come in? 9.34.
01:15
34.
01:16
Sorry.
01:22
Who is that trying to come in?
01:27
9.10. Kishab General by Union.
01:30
Temporary.
01:37
And we also got a, there was some guy yelling at parents in front of a school on the 600 block West 145th Street that we just got a ticket on.
01:47
It might be the same guy, male, 5-8, then built locks in his hair, wearing a gray and black jacket.
01:52
He was seen in front of school yelling at parents.
01:55
For the anonymous citizen, I do not have any callback.
01:58
So if somebody could check over by like 4 or 5 between walls and low,
02:02
933.
02:04
We just got waived down at 4th graded junior. He said he's by the school in a beige jacket with blood on.
02:12
Okay,
02:15
beige jacket with blood on it.
02:20
He's in the alley at 4-4 on Wallace. He does have a knife in his hand.
02:26
All right, Tom 4. We have him in the alley 4-4 on Wallace with a knife in his hand.
02:36
And again, if we can get a couple more cars over that way, please, 4-4 and Wallace in the alley.
02:43
I'm going.
02:46
Who's going?
02:48
Yeah, it's 53.
02:50
All right, I'm going.
02:53
Yeah. Okay, we... All right, units, just stay off the air for a second. Ninthirty-three, you have the air. You have cars over there with you in the alley. You have cars over there with you in the alley?
03:03
910, you're going to work from the alley, we have taser deployments.
03:07
All right, Tom 4, we have a taser deployment.
03:12
We have a taser deployment.
03:17
Again, Westbound in the alley from 4-4 on Wallace.
03:25
9.10, we've done in car three.
03:34
All right, ten four, we have them in custody, 0.745 hours, 0745.
03:42
All right, time, we're at near 44th Street.
03:50
All right, so far, we have a seven four, we have a seven-four, we have a six-th.
03:55
Are we have them in custody? 631 was on 44th. 631 was on 44th. We have in custody.
04:07
Okay, it might be 43rd. Please get a time.
04:10
Okay.
04:14
Some 4th. Let's let us know.
04:18
934.
04:19
934. 934.
04:22
Yeah, I'm at Graham School over here, 45th in Union. There's a knife on the ground out here. I got flagged down by the school staff out here. I believe that may have belonged to this person.

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