Male walks on street after hospital dispute in Rome, Rome GA


Officers are searching for a man who left a car after an argument while being taken to a hospital. He is now walking near Shorter Avenue and Leon Street and may have a mental health concern. Police are conducting a welfare check.
Audio|Source: Floyd County Police, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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72.77. If you could check the area of Shorter at Leon Street, we had a call that initially came in as a medical call in the county.
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Then they advised disregard.
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We were having a county do a welfare check.
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Apparently the female took this male that initially called in to the hospital.
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They got into a 1016 on the way to the hospital.
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He's gotten out of the car shorter at Leon and just walking down the street.
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If you could see if you could make contact.
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Just a negative, possibly a white male 1096 issue.
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The male did call in, he said he got out, he was walking to the hospital, but he did not want to speak to an officer.
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Location mentioned:
Leon St SW & Shorter Ave, Rome, GA 30165
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