Children left home alone with unsecured firearms present, Garfield Heights OH
Family OffensePolice responded to a domestic incident where a man left two children aged four and eight unattended near Park Heights Ave. A woman was injured, possibly struck with a firearm. Multiple unsecured guns were found in the home, and the man allegedly told the children to shoot if they heard noises.
Audio|Source: Garfield and Maple Heights Police - Digital
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Transcript:
00:00
All right, I'm going to escort this female up to Marymount.
00:09
She's driving her own vehicle.
00:11
Okay. Can you please pronounce the Leeds, CCH[1], for the male half, unless we can end up being a report.
00:17
Right now, just put it down as a flight as a home.
00:19
Okay. So the children are four and eight years old.
00:23
She was just on the phone with the father who's at a bar and left the children there unattended near Park Heights Ave.
00:33
All right.
00:34
Copy. Attorney Woodward.
00:35
Inside with the she was hit with a firearm that was out in the driveway.
00:40
Okay, we'll take the driveway once we're finished with the phone call hit.
00:43
Check over by where his car is because she admitted to kick in his car because he threw her off the steps.
00:53
Okay, can you confirm with her that he drives the block truck?
00:57
Yeah, it's going to have to wait until we get to Marymount though.
01:00
We're passing Ben-Hoss. She said that he is, I think, 63 years old.
01:04
He told her he's got a whole bunch of guns in the house that are not safe.
01:09
Okay, we're about the time.
01:11
All right, he's not home, according to him, he's out in the street.
01:14
He said that they got in the argument because she would not move.
01:18
They've been in a relationship for about a month.
01:19
And he pushed her out the front door she found.
01:23
He never said that he used a weapon at all.
01:25
Okay, we've got to approach the driveway.
01:28
The injuries at her face looks like she was struck with the bottom on a firearm.
01:33
Okay.
01:34
What's the numbers again?
01:35
One zero zero four park ice.
01:39
Copy, you put it in the area.
01:40
Okay.
01:41
Did you say if it was the upper down unit?
01:46
Upstairs.
01:47
537 Radio 23.
01:48
Copy.
01:49
Six-three.
01:50
Go ahead.
01:52
I've got stuff for a statement.
01:55
Can you bring up Marcy's info and then I have the form?
01:59
Okay.
02:00
Go ahead.
02:01
As that mail stated me over the phone, he was not home.
02:04
He was on the street somewhere.
02:05
He has advised to come the station and provide a statement because he gave me a contradicting story.
02:09
We left the residence.
02:10
We're back to right now.
02:11
I copy.
02:12
Father's name is (name withheld).
02:15
Twenty-six radio, I'm back in.
02:18
All right. All right.
02:19
The neighbor provided the phone number for father.
02:22
Let me go, you're ready?
02:23
(number withheld).
02:26
And then if you could get in contact with it, see if they were following.
02:28
Go on. Go ahead.
02:29
I'll let me back out on Crumbs, I'm sorry, catardown to get that statement from Roger in regards to jail.
02:35
... unsecured firearm in that house residence with those juveniles, and that the father has allegedly instructed them if they hear any noises to shoot, just to be advised.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
CCH: Computerized Criminal History (criminal history) check
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Location mentioned:
Park Heights Ave, Garfield Heights, OH 44125
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