Armed standoff with knife at Norfolk building, Norfolk VA
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WeaponsAccording to the dispatch call, police are managing an armed standoff with a man holding a kitchen knife near Lake Herbert Drive and North Military Highway in Norfolk. Officers are maintaining distance, coordinating positions, and preparing for safe resolution without close contact to reduce the risk of crossfire.
Audio|Heard on: Norfolk City Police Dispatch - 2nd Precinct
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03:16
Transcript:
00:00
35. Do you have these negotiators working on the street right now?
00:03
I don't know that.
00:04
I'll have to find out for you.
00:05
You need one?
00:10
We don't have anybody.
00:11
You need to call somebody in?
00:14
Stereba. 3 to 35.
00:20
We get the back covered.
00:28
Daniel shield.
00:31
We have a soft shield.
00:37
Hey, just be advised, he keeps going to that back door.
00:39
He's standing there on the back door on his phone.
00:42
He hasn't gone out of it yet, but he can walk out of that back side of this building.
00:46
So don't get super close to him.
00:47
He has a long kitchen knife in his hand.
00:51
Yeah, we have some standoff between us and him.
00:53
Just if you see movement, we're not that back door left us now.
00:56
Who has us lethal?
00:59
I have Taser on the back door.
01:06
That's when you got eyes?
01:12
It's negative I can't see inside the actual door and I don't want to go around to where he can see us through this back door.
01:18
Give me one over by that treaty logic.
01:25
I don't see him over here right now.
01:31
I still talk to him up front.
01:34
Croix!
01:36
He's coming towards that back door, be careful.
01:43
In the back door.
01:46
Still with the knife.
01:53
Go into the front door.
01:59
Back out of that hallway.
02:02
That is too short of a distance at that night.
02:04
And you're gonna be in a crossfire something happens.
02:07
Back out of the hallway.
02:14
Check your crossfire.
02:16
Jackson, back out.
02:22
Somebody back there where Jackson get him out.
02:26
We're trying.
02:32
Back out of the hallway,
02:35
because you're gonna be in a crossfire.
02:37
Sit here talking to the guy.
02:41
Yeah, there's a crossfire situation.
02:44
It's clear out of the way.
02:49
How about your follow instruction?
02:57
Hey Eric, this is Simpson.
02:59
I'm in Rockett to you from Military and Lake Herbert.
03:02
Here's 98.
03:05
Ortiz, you copy.
03:15
We have them on the crowd over.
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Location mentioned:
Lake Herbert Dr & N Military Hwy, Norfolk, VA 23502
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