Man with mental illness reports being chased by snake, Columbus OH
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A man with mental illness reported being chased by a snake near North High Street and Warren Street. Emergency medics responded and transported him to Grant Medical Center.
Audio|Heard on: Columbus Police Zone 4 Far Northwest
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02:36
Transcript:
00:00
North High Street and Warren Street.
00:03
Callers came with a snake and was very out of breath.
00:07
It says it's a punch of me now.
00:13
...pants and a gray shirt.
00:15
We have an injury from equals with this caller.
00:18
Previous run says his name was (name withheld) and had a panera.
00:23
Stopping the question.
00:24
Look like R are you trying to talk to him, but he put it on the other films.
00:29
Copy.
00:31
The 4-1, you can have me.
00:33
Copy.
00:39
I'll copy that 16B-line.
00:41
Do you check on all the channels, see we have the MCR can go out as well?
00:47
Yeah, I'll have the other channels there for them.
00:50
Any MCR to channel 4, please?
00:54
MCR1 is a channel 4, please?
01:03
MCR1, they were asked for you on a same-view run that they're responding to it, North High Street and Warren Street on a male schizophrenic, but saying he's being chased by a snake.
01:15
Okay, I'm en route to 18, stuff to pick up my partner and we'll head that way.
01:19
Copy.
01:20
And 4143 and MCR1 be advised.
01:24
They're now saying that he's called again, he's now Poplar and High.
01:33
And 42, we're getting your emergency banner.
01:37
It's accidental.
01:39
Copy accidental.
01:44
And 41 and 43, it looks like the medics are with him now.
01:50
He's rebidding to the area of the LA Alley and North High now.
01:54
The medic one is showing Marchette scene.
01:57
I'll be there shortly on both.
02:00
Copy.
02:01
Short North 2, add me to 16, be upclosed.
02:05
Copy.
02:10
Short North 2.
02:12
Short North 2. Short North 2. Short North 2.
02:17
This will be medical.
02:19
CFD, Medical, I'll have one stable to grant, and I'm two vectors.
02:23
Hi, Copy, thanks your help.
02:30
And MCR1, if you're on that, if you could copy that, he's being transported to Grant Medical.
02:34
It doesn't tell me that it was medical.
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Location mentioned:
N High St & Warren St, Columbus, OH 43215
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