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Employee waved object in convenience store, no gun foundChicago IL

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N California Ave & W Lake St, Chicago, IL 60612

According to the dispatch call, a male employee in a convenience store near California and Lake waved an object that seemed to be a gun. Officers responded and later confirmed the employee did not have a firearm.

Audio|Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 03
Listen to dispatch call
03:8
Transcript:
00:00
All right, getting a second ticket, person with a gun, California and Lake, convenience store green line.
00:05
A 20-year-old male employee wearing black baseball cap, shirt and gray joggers is inside store waving an object at them.
00:14
He was behind the counter, and then he came from behind waving the object.
00:20
So it looks like male employee.
00:26
Wait station.
00:29
That's a convenience green line, California and Lake.
00:37
The train is moving.
00:44
Did you ask if this is the train that's moving?
00:58
Two-volt scanning on me.
01:03
Last into coming up?
01:07
Twelve one is saying, can you confirm what color your shoes he has?
01:15
12-6-1, boy.
01:18
By 1223.
01:20
1223. 1223.
01:24
1223.
01:30
23.
01:31
Can you confirm what color shoes he has on?
01:36
All black shoes.
01:38
All black shoes, simple.
01:45
O2, Sammy, copy.
01:48
2, Sammy, copy.
01:49
Check forward, thank you.
01:50
Okay, thank you.
01:55
Oh, thank you.
01:57
So, 2,22.
01:59
Shoes on Cina, California and Lake.
02:03
Acknowledged.
02:08
1235.
02:12
1235.
02:16
Disregard.
02:17
Disregard.
02:21
Name. Name.
02:22
7.501 miles should be going to 12 to the report.
02:26
All right, landed 751 on the miles, console time is 1644, and you're going into 12-1 report, 7-4.
02:38
This is our bulletin description.
02:45
1225 for the person with a gun, I did get a male employee wearing a black baseball cap, shirt, gray joggers, and black shoes.
02:57
1223, the employee did not have a firearm on them.
03:00
You can make this a 19 ball.
03:01
Thanks for all that backup.
03:03
All right, thank you for all the backup on California and Lake.
03:06
The employee did not have firearms.

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Location mentioned:
N California Ave & W Lake St, Chicago, IL 60612
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