Person armed with possible .38 caliber weapon in Gorham, Gorham ME


A person armed with a possible .38 caliber weapon was tracked by police near New Portland Road in Gorham. Authorities issued a Code Red alert advising nearby residents to shelter in place while the suspect was being pursued.
Audio|Source: Cumberland County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Information that the pleading person had a 30-acallible weapon on him.
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It's up to you if you want to continue with that track.
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Did you copy? Copy. Copy.
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Copy. Yeah, we're going to continue.
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1914 is starting his track and the suspect reportedly has a possibly 38 caliber weapon[2] on him.
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I'm going to check with that monocode red.
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7. Acquire.
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360, copy the traffic cell.
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Go ahead.
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Another map call if you could take a look.
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Go ahead.
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Would you like a code red sent out to the area reference the subject and the weapon?
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Hold on a second.
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14, what's your decision on the track? Are you going to continue?
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Yes.
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Okay. Engine two from Carnage.
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All right.
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Code Red[1].
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Freedom only. After police incident, 388, Roald-Ville, Canberra Trail,
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residents are incurring cars to stay in their homes.
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Lobby and route, back to that.
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Problem copies.
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Call in verse 741.
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County 324, they're going to send out a code right to have people shelter in the home.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Code Red: Emergency community alert to shelter in place
[2]
38 caliber weapon: Reference to a potentially armed suspect
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Location mentioned:
Near New Portland Rd, Gorham, ME 04038
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