Welfare check for unresponsive person with prior threats, Seattle WA
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According to the dispatch call, a welfare check was conducted near Southwest Holden Street for an unresponsive person previously hospitalized for hallucinations. The individual had barricaded themselves and threatened to kill law enforcement officers.
Audio|Heard on: Seattle Fire / Seattle Police East / South Precincts
Listen to dispatch call
01:32
Transcript:
00:00
Starting welfare check near Southwest Holden Street, Unit B106.
00:05
Welfare check for a subject from two days ago.
00:10
The subject was hospitalized for hallucinations.
00:13
The subject is not responding at this time.
00:16
The subject is (name withheld) near Southwest Holden, Unit B106.
00:26
And with injury.
00:30
Now a tree branch has fallen onto it, no sparks.
00:37
Live wire still hanging from tree branches onto it, no sparks.
00:40
How far off the ground is it?
00:45
Part of the branch is on the sidewalk.
00:48
It's a pretty sizable branch, about 30 feet long.
00:52
But where it broke, still hanging in the air on the wire.
00:58
How far off the ground is the wire hanging?
01:05
It's still in place, probably 15 feet.
01:16
The subject, (name withheld), has a threat to law enforcement.
01:23
They barricaded themselves and threatened to kill any officer that attempted to enter the house.
01:29
Other threats were also reported.
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