Suspect with gun hiding in abandoned garage in Columbus, Columbus OH


Police are responding to a report of a suspect armed with a gun hiding in an abandoned garage near Joan Place in Columbus. Bystanders and family members say the suspect is sending text messages from the scene. Officers are setting up a perimeter and checking the nearby garages.
Audio|Source: Columbus Police Zone 6 Northeast
04:38
Transcript:
00:00
Two-three, we'll be pulling up on the gun run.
00:02
Copy, I'm holding the air, sir.
00:03
Two-four. Two-four. Two-four.
00:04
Some of the bystanders here are saying that the suspect is in an abandoned garage in the junk place.
00:13
We could get a couple of units to head over here and start helping us look.
00:19
Absolutely, I'll get cars started that way.
00:21
Two, three, is everything okay on your 33[1] run?
00:23
61, I'm going to slide by, 2-3 to run real quick on my way over to hop 24th.
00:29
77-7-7-6-1.
00:30
Okay, I'll put you with them out there.
00:31
You're going with 2-3.
00:33
Yeah, I'm not there yet, aren't in route.
00:34
Okay, 2-3, sir, is that anything okay?
00:36
Can you round it into them, please?
00:37
Yeah, I got her on at 60 heading in that way.
00:40
So anybody else close for car 23 pulled up on a 33[1] run out responding to radio? Two three,
00:50
are you trying? Ten three.
00:51
Copy the ten three.
00:52
Cars running in, please.
00:53
70 and 70 mark you start his way 1609 Republic first car at scene with him please mark with radio all seven is in route copy
01:01
I got 18 precincts had in that way also.
01:04
We don't need anybody else here from the O zone.
01:07
Okay, and we shut down the three? Yeah, you can set it down down.
01:10
Okay, shutting down the three cars can continue in.
01:13
Seventy-six, twelve, anybody running in?
01:15
Copy, we shut down the three.
01:16
K-92.
01:17
Go ahead.
01:18
Yeah, when you can, can I get you on 6A?
01:21
Sergeant Hughes, if you're on my ear, can you mark on Com Channel, please? Sergeant Hughes to the Com Channel.
01:25
24. 292 on 6A.
01:26
On the set three that I can turn around head that way where is it at? He is on Joan Place just nearby that Hudson market.
01:40
It's a cul-de-sac and they're trying to clear these garages.
01:43
There's an abandoned garage they're trying to clear.
01:47
Hey, if I'm going to be in route, you can put me on it, please.
01:49
I appreciate you.
01:50
2-4, I got K-92 heading your way, sir.
01:52
50 to bring your way.
01:53
Golly. Hey, we're going to the public.
01:54
Anybody extra can you guys head over to Joe and help them check those.
01:57
Call it a sack.
01:58
Garages. CPD 277, the police and fire.
01:59
Go ahead, sir.
02:00
Charlie, if you can find a perimeter set up, you can call it out for them for coming in.
02:04
Man, we just got a call from the casino security to that they saw that fire was being dispatched here to Hollywood Casino at 200 Georgia Zill Road over an odor or something.
02:16
We could just get cars a block around in each direction.
02:19
Some of the family, one of the victims, said that the suspect is texting folks at the scene and saying that he's hiding in one of these garages.
02:27
Okay, whenever you get to the intersection, the printer, just call your position out, please.
02:31
70 out of the gym.
02:32
70, okay.
02:33
Sir, we're looking into it.
02:34
We had a card.
02:35
S7, do I need to send a different supervisor over? Was everything okay for 2-3?
02:39
I'm your republic, ma'am.
02:40
That's 5. Okay, thanks, ma'am.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
33: Emergency radio traffic only; restricts non-essential communication due to a critical or dangerous situation.
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Location mentioned:
Joan Pl, Columbus, OH 43211
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