Teen threatens violence on bus near Norton and Brandenberry, Columbus OH
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, a 16-year-old female on a COTA bus near Norton and Brandenberry threatened to harm herself and others. She asked passengers for money, threatened the bus driver with weapons she claimed to have, and expressed suicidal thoughts. Authorities responded to the scene.
Audio|Heard on: Columbus Police Dispatch - Zone 3
Listen to dispatch call
04:16
Transcript:
00:00
Can I start you in 101 for this 47A[1]?
00:06
I have a phone number.
00:08
I think she's (name withheld), she's 16,
00:10
at Norton and Kenwick, she's getting on the COTA bus,
00:14
saying that she wants to run out in front of traffic.
00:17
She's grieving her sister.
00:19
Try to get a description.
00:22
She was asking people on the bus for $2.00.
00:28
And she's asking the bus driver to wait for her.
00:31
And she's asking the bus driver to wait for us, and she wants a medic.
00:40
One-on copy can sub.
00:46
Call code out.
00:49
That's still back up.
00:54
Now she's down as a bus driver asking her to let her off the bus.
01:03
Now she's threatened to shoot up the bus.
01:11
One-on-one, what's the stop location?
01:15
I'm Norton, Kenwick.
01:17
I'm calling Coda now.
01:23
Go to bus, 1510.
01:29
The bus is gonna wait there for you.
01:33
Love it.
01:39
This is the bus's facing like they're headed downtown.
01:46
I think she was just recently at Riverside, but she's a previous run said she was 16, so I'm not sure.
01:53
And she asked not to be released because she's feeling homicidal.
02:01
S-19[2], will there any 33 shown or seen?
02:05
It doesn't say that.
02:08
Now she's saying she does, I mean she just put this on there.
02:11
Now she's saying she has weapons on her, she's going to stab and made someone on the bus.
02:16
101 and 101 will be on 60.
02:18
Anybody else can start it that way?
02:24
That's in go.
02:25
1040, we have a description at all? No description at all.
02:35
She's asking where officers are because she's saying everybody's about to die.
02:44
She is now threatening the driver saying she has weapons in her purse.
02:48
I don't think any's actually been seen yet.
02:52
All right, we're about 30 seconds out.
02:55
Copy. Got a description.
02:59
Black hoodie, great sweatpants, black new balances.
03:07
They're not at Norton and Kendrick.
03:09
Do we have a better out?
03:14
Now there's...
03:15
That's... Norton...
03:17
Norton and Brandenberry.
03:18
Norton and Brandenberry.
03:25
And she's asking someone on the bus to pray for her because she says she's about to off herself.
03:33
1.5.4. Go ahead and have me.
03:36
Okay.
03:41
1.5.4. There's a training.
03:43
So I'm going to be a minute.
03:45
154, okay?
03:52
All right, we're here.
03:58
101, you located her?
04:02
We got the bus.
04:05
Okay.
04:10
6-6-1-667-1 over here momentarily.
04:15
Copy.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
47A: Unknown
[2]
S-19: Agency-specific signal code (meaning not provided in transcript)
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Location mentioned:
Norton Rd & Brandenberry Dr, Columbus, OH 43228
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