Caller threatens to blow up state near Grand St gas station, Jersey City NJ
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, a male caller near Grand Street gas station threatened to blow up the state and said he needed a bomb. Police responded but could not reach the caller on callback. The fire department was on standby nearby. No confirmation if the caller had a bomb.
Audio|Heard on: Jersey City Police
Listen to dispatch call
05:23
Transcript:
00:00
He's 201 . He's 206 .
00:06
You start making your way over to the area near Grand Street.
00:10
It's near Grand Street.
00:13
I don't know if he's going to be inside or outside.
00:16
Caller stated near Grand Street and said that he wanted to blow up, that he needed a bomb.
00:21
He wants to blow up the state.
00:24
This point just has one call, no further information.
00:27
No answer on callback.
00:32
He wants to blow up the state?
00:37
Yeah, it's the second thing he said.
00:38
Apparently, he said that first he wanted to pull up and he needed a helmet, then he wanted to blow up the state.
00:45
Two or six?
00:46
He saw it.
00:53
He saw the address.
00:54
That's where he's stating he's at.
00:56
No, that's just the address you gave the call taker.
00:58
I want to get him back on the phone and see if you can give me anything.
01:06
I am monitoring.
01:07
Having other units respond to that, please as well.
01:10
Okay.
01:15
Just 101 . He's still too good.
01:20
All right, IH two.
01:23
He called the same cell according to what I'm understanding from the call taker's notes.
01:28
Yes.
01:32
All right, anybody ask him how he's going to blow anything up? Does he have a bomb?
01:38
I wasn't on the phone call, so I can't ask or I can't ascertain what the call taker was asking.
01:43
She's on a different call from someone else.
01:45
I'll call back.
01:48
Yeah, calling back cannot ascertain if he actually has a bomb on him before we head over there.
01:54
Oh yeah, that's one of my many questions.
02:00
Thank you, buddy.
02:06
So I just see if there's any history with that number that he called on.
02:10
Okay.
02:15
And East to, I guess, have FD on standby?
02:20
Yeah, due to the nature of the call, they already got sent the information.
02:22
Not sure exactly what they do in this, but they're aware.
02:28
All right.
02:30
And phone record at least shows us one call.
02:37
Also no answer so far.
02:40
All right, keep it that way.
02:45
You got it.
02:50
Sergeant, just verify if there is near Grand Street.
02:55
I'm not familiar with the area and it's not coming up.
02:59
Four, sorry, it's near Grand Street.
03:01
G R A N D.
03:04
All right, we see.
03:06
And it's pinged by the Sunoco.
03:14
And that's right near there?
03:18
Corner Google Maps, yeah, the exact address for the gas station.
03:26
Did he give a name at all when he called?
03:30
According to what the call taker put in, no, she's putting male.
03:34
Is there a script?
03:37
Not that he gave the call ticket, no, not the time.
03:41
And as far as FD is concerned, they're going to be staging by McDonald's on Grand.
03:47
All right, when he ever decides to pick up the phone and answer you, just ask him what he's wearing.
03:54
Yeah.
04:00
And East Two, we're about 60 seconds out.
04:02
Any information?
04:04
No, he's got his phone on him.
04:06
He's ignoring me like the plague.
04:11
Okay.
04:17
So being that he called 911, I'm going to do a phone trace to see if we can get subscriber information.
04:26
Going off.
04:28
Is it?
04:33
He's one of them.
04:35
Who is he?
04:41
I was close and I ring bell 402 .
04:50
She'll let you up.
04:58
That's one vehicle on the hook.
04:59
We got an accident with us.
05:03
Oh,
05:06
yes.
05:13
All right, now we're speaking to the clerk over here at the gas station, but he doesn't know about nobody with no bomb.
05:20
Anybody answering that callback? He has a different location.
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Location mentioned:
Grand St, Jersey City, NJ 07302
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