Suicidal man armed with knives at Des Moines home, Des Moines IA
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WeaponsAccording to the dispatch call, police responded to a call at a residence near Aurora Avenue in Des Moines for a suicidal male armed with knives. The male was reported to be home alone, with knives in the kitchen and sitting in the living room. Officers noted the subject may have autism.
Audio|Heard on: Des Moines Police Dispatch 1
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02:6
Transcript:
00:00
I'm going to have you start for near Aurora Avenue on a suicide with a weapon.
00:04
He's called in by (number withheld), checking on a land in here, having some suicidal thoughts and wanting to slit his throat.
00:11
He is armed right now with a knife.
00:15
Copy in a row.
00:18
Five, Adam, copy.
00:21
501, David.
00:24
5-1, David.
00:25
5-1, David.
00:27
Making you aware about a weapons trip west 303 and 305 Adam are going?
00:33
Copy.
00:36
306 BP.
00:38
306.
00:40
You can clear us as an arrest made and then we can have that way too.
00:46
Copy, thank you.
00:51
Double one, David.
00:54
Go ahead.
00:58
Do we know if this party on the weapons trip is home alone?
01:08
We do not. We're still checking trip history, see if we can get further on him.
01:16
All right, yeah, and let's see if we can, uh, if the officers can see that phone number and try to make contact with them before they go up there.
01:25
Probably.
01:30
So I've got to wind the line at this time.
01:37
Tommy.
01:42
All the side units on the suicide with a weapon.
01:45
He is currently home alone.
01:46
Knives are in the kitchen.
01:47
He's in the living room currently.
01:54
303, I'm fairly certain he has autism.
01:58
If you want to just check trip history, I'm fairly certain I've been out here in the past.
02:02
It's been a couple of years, though.
02:05
Copy, we'll check it out.
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Location mentioned:
NW Aurora Ave., Des Moines, IA 50310
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