Man threatens violence and hostages at grocery store, Providence RI
WeaponsA caller reported a man at a grocery store threatening to harm hostages and claimed a bomb was attached to a vehicle in the parking lot. Police responded but found no evidence of a threat, determining it was likely a false report.
Audio|Source: Northwest Rhode Island Police and Fire
05:49
Transcript:
00:00
Have a phone number for this caller?
00:06
Stand by.
00:08
If someone can call the complaint desk to give us a phone number for this incident...
00:17
Phone number is going to be area code (number withheld).
00:21
(number withheld).
00:23
That's what's coming up on my caller ID.
00:26
I see.
00:31
Still on the phone with them until we'll just get there.
00:39
He's stating that there's a friend of his somewhere in the supermarket, he won't tell me where.
00:43
He's also saying that your five minutes is up and he's going to chop someone's finger off.
00:50
Just repeat the remainder of that message.
00:52
I have all of District 6 responding.
00:56
He stated your five minutes was up to respond that he's going to chop someone's finger off that he has held hostage.
01:03
And he has another friend in the store somewhere.
01:05
He won't tell me where.
01:11
So he should be the Stop & Shop across from the Wendy's on Maynard.
01:15
850 Manton Avenue, sir.
01:19
Hi, thank you.
01:24
Sir, is something that short?
01:30
Do you have any more information and I'll be pulling up here in a second?
01:39
Dispatch to unit 247.
01:41
Inner city is providing that there's a male in the bathroom of Stop & Shop, supposedly with a firearm wearing a ballistic vest, has three civilians in the bathroom with him, also has a Ford F-150 in the parking lot, unknown exact location, but supposedly the F-150 has a bomb attached underneath the vehicle.
02:05
It is 850 Manton Avenue in the Stop & Shop now.
02:12
747. I'm 2 in the south.
02:16
Dispatch to unit 2407.
02:17
85%.
02:25
Hang on me on the side of Round.
02:29
Logan.
02:31
Logan.
02:34
Stand by for unit 72's arrival.
02:37
Tell 4, so you have it.
02:42
I got Providence, Johnson, and North Providence.
02:45
I roll out here as well.
02:50
Send 4. See if they have a CT set up.
02:55
If so, then wait there for unit 72.
03:05
Rescue on Engine 2 Walmart 7 Dowling Village Boulevard at Register 5 71 year old female weak and dizzy.
03:24
Two, you're correct.
03:27
Affirmative, sir.
03:34
66 next one, I'm en route as well.
03:38
Ten four, sir.
03:40
X four has that.
03:46
Excellent, we'll be out.
03:48
Ten for, sir.
03:49
Four, sir.
03:55
Fifty-eight.
03:56
Okay.
04:00
Closer.
04:05
When I do you're responding Walmart, 7 Dowling Village Boulevard, female weekend, dizzy.
04:10
First Street, darling, and we run away.
04:17
72.
04:20
What's up?
04:22
We made contact with the manager inside a Stop & Shop business.
04:25
There is nothing unusual going on in there at the moment.
04:28
All right. All right, situation back, sir.
04:34
Explore properties, check the bathroom.
04:36
There's nowhere in there.
04:39
Down four, sir.
04:45
Any Ford trucks matching description in the parking lot?
04:50
Ten four, sir.
04:52
Unknown. We'll check here in a minute.
05:01
66, 2, X1 and X4.
05:03
You can slow down the other responding cause.
05:06
66 to 72.
05:08
On 4.2.
05:09
Roll the turn.
05:15
72, you can just verify that it's a swatting call when you have minutes.
05:22
Any units responding to 850 Manton Stop & Shop from 65, you can slow it down.
05:30
X-Force here you have a, not seeing any Ford so far.
05:40
Done for, sir.
05:43
Also, nobody in the store saw anything.
05:46
So it may just be a swatting call.
05:48
We're just checking the cameras now.
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Location mentioned:
Near Manton Ave, Providence, RI 02909
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