Welfare check for ill man with firearms at home, Jonesboro IN
Medical EmergencyPolice are responding to a welfare check for a man living alone near West 700 South. The man is ill and depressed and there are firearms in the home. Officers are coordinating their approach carefully and staging nearby for safety while gathering information about the situation.
Audio|Source: Wabash, Huntington, Miami and Grant Counties Public Safety
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near West, 700 South.
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near West, 700 South.
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I'm clear. I'll be in her out also.
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That was clear.
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All right. All right.
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First fifty-five and they're out.
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21.
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County Unis, I've attempted to call the number back to why she's not answering.
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Clay were able to find anything in house, history-wise.
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There's going to be anybody else there that we know?
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43. I'm looking through his history.
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I have, the last thing we have is a medical in July, possible a heart attack.
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It was taking the Lutheran.
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I do not see anything reference to 1096 or mental.
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I'm still going through the history.
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14 to 05.
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Go ahead.
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I'm only a couple minutes out, my face.
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I have obvious evidence with there's other people in the residence I'm planning on going in just at 43.
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I'm not affirmative.
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I'm gonna pull over it at 13 and 124 and just grab my vass just 43.
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He's turned on to the center and south. I got 1052 behind me. If you're close, well, stay here. I'm two miles away. Same try soon for that.
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Tempid to choose in stage and wait for us, the symphony on the same call here. Page 5'4. Central. Go ahead, Central. We just want to make sure you're staged in the area. With the CP sun.
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He advised his father's been very ill. He's been in the hospital. He advised that he doesn't move well. He did state that there are firearms in the residence. He advised that he's very depressed. He advised that when you go down the drive, there is a sidewalk towards the rear of the residence. It's going to be into a back porch. For the back portion, you'll go into a kitchen, so left's going to be the door where the male should be sleeping.
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That is where the ping was showing on our map as well. The son's going to be in route. He's going to stage in the area and give central TX back, but he did advise that he didn't know where the firearm that was in that room was placed when they cleaned. 305-5.
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He advised that there was no other residents of him.
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I'm pretty close. Maybe a quarter mile away from the drive. For myself, I'm 14 or 10. Yeah. Right on the northwest.
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I did call back and re-confirm that he should be the only one in the residence. If he did advise there should only be a red pickup in the drive, if there's any other vehicles, then it's possible that there could be somebody else in the residence, but he advised that there should not be anyone else there he was alone.
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Location mentioned:
Near W 700 S, Jonesboro, IN 46938
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