Suspect flees into wash near Food City in Tucson, Tucson AZ


Police are searching for a shirtless man wearing black basketball shorts with a chest tattoo and long hair tied in a ponytail. The suspect was last seen running eastbound into a wash behind Food City near Michigan and Ohio streets in Tucson. Officers have not located the suspect yet, who may be involved in a crime. Two individuals were later seen walking westbound from the wash toward the Food City parking lot.
Audio|Source: Tucson Police South Division
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Transcript:
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Stand 1, Air 1 is live, emission 6.
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Some overhead assets, we can't contain this wash or have a start location.
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10-4[1]-negative for a gym-three-wife ...
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At that, one item 7.1 will provide that.
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She's getting all the info she can from the rest here.
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One item 7.1, copy it a better description.
00:36
Go ahead.
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He's got black basketball shorts on no shirt, a tattoo across his chest, about 5-5 native, long hair and a ponytail, and then he has three, they're saying that he has three vertical lines down his throat.
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And there's ...
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That one there. The suspect was last seen running eastbound into the wash that runs behind the Food City on the northeast quad at Michigan, Ohio.
00:57
We've got some loose containment immediately east of.
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That wash goes in a couple of different directions.
01:01
If you could vector us in, if you see somebody, that would be helpful.
01:05
Native male shirtless, black basketball shorts, long hair.
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Okay, we're going to be.
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We're going through.
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104. 24. 3.
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3.2 and 23[2] have I see.
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24. 29. 29.
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T9.
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29, go ahead.
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101 to 1.1.1.9.
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My recommendation would be let air check the wash.
01:20
We don't have enough for quads.
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Based on what air does or doesn't see, we can then reallocate whatever resources we have to search that specific area.
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Okay, 4. My copy.
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Order 9-2, I'm 23[2], that alcohol is circulating.
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Now,
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what are you now? Without the info, well, we can clear here so we get out of another sighting.
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10-4[1]. And just advising the closet were set, we're not filled, not enough units.
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Motor 92, what quad needs to be filled?
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We're needing one at Freedom in Ajo and Kai-Guad O'Hara and Kai-Lapha-Lapha-Ri.
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I'm going to mention now.
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Just confirm me we don't have any units in the wash as of now.
01:59
There are no units in the wash.
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Very well, we copy.
02:01
We have two individuals.
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They're going to be walking westbound from the wash toward the Food City.
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They tucked up through the wash.
02:12
They're going to be in the parking lot just directly on the Food City.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment or affirmative—message received, understood, or OK.
[2]
23: Arrival or presence of personnel at the scene or location.
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Tucson, AZ
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