Suicidal man fires gun and knocks on neighbors' doors, Washington County MN


A suicidal man fired a gun causing bullet holes in neighbors' houses. He was outside on foot knocking on doors. Nearby residents sheltered in place, and some heard someone possibly trying to enter their home.
Audio|Source: Washington County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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So again, we have a suicidal man who has been firing off rounds, confirmed bullet holes through neighbors' houses.
00:08
Information that we have just received now is he may possibly be outside of the resident on foot,
00:15
knocking on neighbors' doors.
00:16
Currently, ERA is responding to staging, which is St. Paul Lutheran Church off of Wyoming Trail.
00:19
We have a perimeter established, lies on the house.
00:22
We're working on a ready reaction team to get into the area unmarked squad.
00:25
It's obvious cell phone cross page.
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398.
00:35
Coming towards me. It's not as well I turn around.
00:36
They don't care if they live in the neighborhood.
00:37
There's an incident going on by the hospital.
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Copy.
00:41
Tell them to shelter in the basement, in a bathroom, we will get to them as soon as we can.
00:42
Copy. Caller 673 now states that they may have somebody entering their residence based upon the sounds they're hearing.
00:45
They cannot confirm.
00:52
They are sheltering in place, but they believe that somebody may be attempting to enter their residence.
00:53
Okay, tell them to shelter and place in a bathroom, lock their place in.
00:56
If we can get a perimeter card to at least get some eyes on the house, you're not moving on the house until ERU is ready, and let's get a perimeter eyes on the house to make sure we don't have somebody coming in the house.
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Black male, 29 to 32 years old, 6 foot having filled wearing a white shirt, black jacket.
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Black Pan.
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has an open bottle of liquor, T.C.
01:19
has an open line.
01:21
I'm arguing,
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continually asking the man to leave. And update now, man has left the apartment.
01:24
And caller believes who's still going to be nearby.
01:25
Katie Tango, coffee.
01:28
It's on the way.
01:29
We'll get there as soon as we can. The husband and wife that 6273 are sheltering in place in a bathroom with the door locked.
01:31
Husband is in there with her arm with an AR platform rifle.
01:36
Copy that. Tell him not to engage anybody that doesn't come through the bathroom door, okay? He's not to leave, he's not to engage, it might be our people.
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Copy of Bosnia, not to engage anybody that doesn't come through that bathroom door, do not leave the bathroom, do not go searching.
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Washington County, MN
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