Armed individual threatens residents and self near Washington Ave, Beckley WV
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WeaponsAccording to the dispatch call, an armed individual threatened residents near Washington Avenue in Beckley, West Virginia. The person made threats to kill others and later threatened suicide by police while armed with a knife. The individual was home alone at the time.
Audio|Heard on: Raleigh County Public Safety
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03:13
Transcript:
00:00
Control down here is probably one disturbance, near Washington Street.
00:04
The roof subject is outside yelling as someone who just showed up to residents, saying that he's going to kill them with a knife.
00:16
You know, 34 being around.
00:19
35 is around.
00:22
Copy.
00:24
16 being around.
00:27
Copy.
00:33
Control 34, you can put the next control.
00:41
Records 216.
00:46
216.
00:49
The number on this new call is that same number he called from earlier.
00:57
If I'm talking to EADC now, they're saying it's the same number, but he's saying he's an anonymous neighbor.
01:10
Control, 234.
01:16
234.
01:18
In there.
01:20
Copy.
01:25
Control 110.
01:28
One 10.
01:30
Extra Control Liberty Hospital.
01:38
Being cleared to SNR.
01:43
Copy.
01:45
216, 234.
01:48
Go ahead.
01:54
Wherever you're speaking with, the complaint now,
01:59
(name withheld) is home alone.
02:01
He is threatening suicide by cop.
02:04
I don't think we need to deal with this.
02:11
No.
02:13
When I talked to him earlier,
02:16
he said there was nobody there but him.
02:21
I just talked to the complaint that they're here in a truck.
02:26
They said that nobody's there with him, so...
02:32
He's back out on the porch.
02:37
Yeah, he's got a knife.
02:41
Yeah.
02:44
Nobody needs to be out here.
02:50
We'll sit up here in the parking lot, make sure they leave.
02:54
There's a people in that pile truck.
02:57
I was about to do this thing.
02:59
Yeah, they just pulled out.
03:05
Got it.
03:11
Guys, come over to the precinct.
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Location mentioned:
Washington Ave, Beckley, WV 25801
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