Masked riders perform stunts and block roads in Tucson, Tucson AZ
A group of masked riders on quads and dirt bikes performed dangerous tricks and blocked roads near South 12th Avenue and Valencia Road in Tucson. They ignored police efforts to stop them, creating a traffic hazard. Authorities tried to contain the group and keep them off major roads to prevent accidents.
Audio|Source: Tucson Police South Division
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Transcript:
00:00
There's a triple zero-five.
00:10
There's a bunch of quads and like dirt bikes.
00:15
Southbound and 12 from Drexola-Life off doing leewe's.
00:21
I'm playing them off.
00:22
There's probably going to take off.
00:24
Yeah,
00:27
I copy that.
00:31
Take them over at all of 12 right now.
00:33
You're wheelies.
00:34
They're not so paying by my traffic lights right now.
00:40
29 is air down?
00:43
Yeah, that's in time.
00:48
Okay, copy you.
00:52
49 to Lincoln 9.
00:54
If they're not stopping for you, then we can just watch them and let me try to pick off.
01:01
If they don't want to take off.
01:03
There's some more use if they can go to Lincoln 9?
01:06
They're only going 20.
01:08
They're just taunting right now.
01:10
They're all like doing little tricks and stuff.
01:13
Let's just get units in the area in case they 10.50 and just take off running, but not in pursuit.
01:20
12 injecting units.
01:22
Okay.
01:28
12th and still be right now.
01:30
They're all masked up with the heart illness.
01:35
Probably like late teens, early 20s.
01:38
From 12th and Ohio.
01:45
You're doing a U-turn back north on 12.
01:58
And I, it's responding units just want to block off in Northbound 12, keep them contained off the major roadways because they're going to hurt somebody out here doing all their tricks.
02:17
I copy them, 12 in Nebraska.
02:19
Do you want me to move further in?
02:22
Yeah, just block right there.
02:26
And then hopefully we can keep them off the main road.
02:30
We're going north.
02:34
We got a pulp and caliber.
02:40
Nine.
02:42
Yeah, just keep another unit south, but block them.
02:49
Finally funneling into the residential going west on Ramona.
02:57
3.9, I'm at 12 in Canada.
03:01
I just for you just post up on 12th in Valencia, just keep them off the main streets and just so they get the picture they can't take over 12th in Valencia.
03:14
There's a straggler going south on 12 right now.
03:17
It's a yellow quad.
03:18
Let's go flat shirt.
03:22
Yeah, who cares about the straggler? Just keep all the groups together right now.
03:25
That straggler keeps on trying to get behind me too.
03:32
And ever since they went Wessa and Ramona, I lost visual and just post up on 12 just to keep off the main streets.
03:39
So if anybody else picks them up, just let us know where they're at.
03:48
Thank you.
03:51
And if we ever get one on foot, I got PCSart selling flight on that entire group.
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S 12th Ave & W Valencia Rd, Tucson, AZ 85706
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