Man threatens to hang himself in farmhouse attic, Shiner TX
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Emergency responders received a welfare check call at a farmhouse near West FM 532. A man threatened to hang himself in the attic. A disabled woman was present on the property. The man had prior nonviolent incidents in the community.
Audio|Heard on: Lavaca County EMS
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03:19
Transcript:
00:00
I need y'all to divert from the call you're going to near West FM 532.
00:07
It's going to be for a welfare check.
00:10
Caller states that the gentleman was saying he was going to hang himself in the attic.
00:16
That'll do the old white farmhouse on the property with the red roof.
00:21
That's clear.
00:30
Q2 traffic.
00:33
That's Claire 917.
00:35
Okay.
00:41
701. How far are you from that address?
00:49
701. What was the address on 532 here?
00:54
Near West FM 532 between Moulton and Gonzales.
01:02
Just have enough.
01:05
That's clear.
01:07
The caller, his name is (name withheld).
01:10
He's on the property.
01:11
He's currently out of town.
01:13
The gentleman contemplating suicide was the boyfriend of the caller's sister.
01:19
Sister is not on the property, just his mother, and she is disabled.
01:23
She did say that the staircase of the attic was down.
01:29
Next one, I'm clear.
01:32
It's clear.
01:38
301, I'll be hitting that way, tell it bys.
01:42
There's 4.01.
01:43
6.0-1.
01:50
913, go ahead.
01:53
43, we'll be running cold for 3.
01:55
E.T.A. 25 minutes.
02:01
Well, I know he wants that hang in the cell, but does he have any weapons, any guns?
02:07
County 311 sure the only person on the property was the caller's mother she's disabled so she can't go look the caller did see that she did open the door to the farmhouse and did see the staircase to the attic was pulled down any hitcher of alcoholism
02:31
I just talked to Keith O'Multon.
02:34
They've had a few run-ins with him,
02:36
nothing violent in the past.
02:43
Say we want to tell.
02:46
Go ahead.
02:49
I'll be on these other units.
02:51
There's a white chobble cover on the left hand side.
02:55
That's where the residents at.
02:58
If you would, just get with the EMS, you don't have to page him out.
03:02
It's going to get him on standby.
03:04
This is a great question.
03:07
That's clear, 7-01.
03:09
And you will be in the white farmhouse with the red roof.
03:18
What's this individual's name?
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Location mentioned:
Farm to Market Rd 532, Shiner, TX 77984
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