Police search for armed suspect near school, South Tucson AZ
Police searched a desert area near a school in South Tucson after reports of a man with a handgun wearing a red hoodie. Officers set up containment and used a drone to locate the suspect. The area was later cleared with no further incident.
Audio|Source: Tucson Police Dispatch
04:42
Transcript:
00:00
One item 2, I'll be out with 3 parking holiday.
00:04
We just came out of the wash area, shut the apartments.
00:11
Gabby, three, you're in two parking holiday for one out of two.
00:14
Two three, ten more.
00:17
Two, two, two, two, close four.
00:19
They're not matching.
00:23
Gabby.
00:26
One out of them, one out of the desert area between the apartments and the school is going to be code 4.
00:32
I tried the 21 of the number earlier and I just went their voicemail.
00:38
Two Two, these individuals are familiar with (name withheld). They said that he's in there in that wash area.
00:43
It's going to be the alley just north of the apartments.
00:46
We can get some units to start heading in that direction.
00:51
It's not connected.
00:54
Selfie command 2.
00:57
You log beyond 3-26.
00:59
There's my badge and can I get a unit to 45, me up 4th Avenue and 28th Street, please?
01:09
Selfie unit for 4 and 2A. Selfie unit for 4 and 2A.
01:14
Selfie, too, I'll be a motion.
01:17
To more.
01:20
One at them 2 when I saw unit pass through that area earlier.
01:24
I don't believe they spotted anything and I'm walking that area now.
01:30
It's going to be negative.
01:33
Yeah, what happened to three I drove through that little wash area. There's nothing there.
01:38
I'll head back again and we'll see we can stop right with the drone once one link and three gets here.
01:45
One item 2- I'm pretty confident.
01:47
It's going to be negative.
01:52
This individual also informed me that (name withheld) didn't in fact have a handgun with him and confirmed his clothing.
01:59
He's stating that he's in the desert area in between the school and the apartment complex.
02:05
Same clothing, red hoodie.
02:18
2-two is your subjects know about the whereabouts or any of that?
02:27
2-2 so there's three of them they're claiming they didn't call one of their friends who wanted to remain anonymous called it in they're advising that they as they walked out of that alleyway they had seen (name withheld) in the desert no i think
02:44
Please see this time. Great.
02:47
I'm approaching parking fair.
02:52
If units just want to kind of set some sort of containment area, I'll be there in about five minutes and you just launch the drone rather than having people walk through desert.
03:01
Looking for a guy with a gun.
03:04
One Adam 2-1, it's pretty much already being cleared. You might want to focus the exterior more.
03:16
009
03:17
So if I'm on the west side but I can make my way to the east
03:33
similar I believe that's just for the last note location of our guide which let me have the visual process
03:42
one or four link in two
03:44
Sure, thank you.
03:49
Whatever, I think I have them over here. It's going to be an alleyway of between Moores and Burst, just south of the Monorca.
04:02
Now he's setting down.
04:04
I'll take one more more before I make contact.
04:08
One new 11. Is somebody up I see there?
04:14
Same 4 will be combined for good at 1-011.
04:21
When Adam 2, I'll take ICA distance I have the most info.
04:25
3-3, we'll wait for another unit to make contact.
04:28
And for the time being, we'll just try to quad off the area from where 3-3 saw him.
04:34
One Adam 3-3, he's gonna be at near S Morris just behind the alleyway, just right in front of that unit, that turn right there.
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Location mentioned:
E 28th St & S 4th Ave, South Tucson, AZ 85713
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