19-year-old man in shelter threatens self harm, Charlottesville VA
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Medical EmergencyA 19-year-old man at a shelter near Trinity Episcopal Church says others want to harm him. He has a vape and lighter but no weapons. He refuses mental health help and has a suicide plan.
Audio|Heard on: Charlottesville City Police Department
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Transcript:
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Do they have no problem, Trinity Episcopal Church, near Preston Ave.
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Caller (name withheld) is on the line advising that everyone in the shelter wants to kill him if he wants to go to Richmond,
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the caller's meeting he will die if he does not go to Richmond and that the people in the shelter will beat him if he doesn't leave.
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He does have a vape and a lighter on him.
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He's not thinking of hurting anybody else.
00:26
He's even going to have history of that, per the caller,
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and reports not having any weapons.
00:33
So, it's going to be a white male 19 wearing red and a blue coat and an orange bag with a black bag.
00:41
His database is in there as well.
00:43
The caller does advise that he does not want mental health help and does have a plan.
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Location mentioned:
Preston Ave, Charlottesville, VA 22903
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