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Suspect robs passengers with handgun on Tucson busTucson AZ

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audio iconRobbery
W Ajo Wy & S 12th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85713

According to the dispatch call, a suspect armed with a silver handgun robbed passengers on a Sun Tran bus near W Ajo Wy and S 12th Ave in Tucson. The suspect fled westbound on bus route 3 and took about $300 from the victims. Police responded quickly and are investigating.

Audio|Heard on: Tucson Police Dispatch
Listen to dispatch call
05:19
Transcript:
00:00
There's some links for that armed robbery.
00:01
Is that a subway or is that one of those short buses?
00:04
The Sunlink is not actually the Sunlink it's one of the buses that went westbound from here one of the smaller sunvans It was disregarded and it's what's three that was westbound from here and it's they're actually conflicting and saying that it was a regular size bus
00:35
3-row with a short fun bus 421 just north of broadwood or congressman 6 is negative intense fire so at least one more unit here to speak with the victims and the suspect was armed with a silver handgun
01:08
We've got a couple units in right over there.
01:10
We're on Congress on 6 right now.
01:16
And 2-8-3-5, so it'll be armed robbery.
01:19
He was able to get $300 from the victims here.
01:28
The trip 30-22-tron-35, did they give the bus number?
01:33
The only one she gave was three.
01:35
I don't know if that's the route for the actual bus number.
01:58
Looks like bus route three goes west to stone,
02:01
south to downtown and then west to St.
02:04
Mary's in Granada.
02:06
And then continuing west on St.
02:08
Mary's, I'll have that way to see if I can catch up with the bus.
02:11
I'm online with the Sunshan dispatch right now.
02:18
I copy. Anyone that doesn't go to the scene, I'll take you with me to circuit.
02:24
They're going to be on 6th and Toole.
02:28
District 3-6-104, I advise on the Sun Tran bus.
02:34
I advise on the Sunshend Bus, I had Sixth and Tool, just advise them the state plate.
02:39
District 3-4, myself in 3-3 are just west of that.
02:47
23 there and I'm not saying the bus.
02:50
The person I'm trying to dispatch there's going to be two number three bus.
02:53
One's going to be at 6th and 2 of the others at Stone and 6th.
02:59
Tim 4 that's a full-size bus is going west on right now.
03:06
3 4 we're going to pick the bus at Stone and 4 West Zone.
03:11
Direction Alameda.
03:16
Go ahead and 35, suspect description before you guys contact the bus.
03:24
Go ahead.
03:26
Hispanic male in his 40s with a white colored beard, armed with a silver handgun, has a black beanie,
03:34
black shirt with white lettering,
03:37
with black pants or shorts, last seen running westbounding onto the bus.
03:47
Kyle, you remain contact with this first off.
03:51
I'm sorry, I bought you.
03:54
He's wearing black pants with white shoes and has a black backpack.
04:00
I didn't copy the last I stepped on you.
04:07
District 33 this bus possibly night or we might have one matching.
04:13
Are we confident that it was a number one male, not number three?
04:20
Yeah, I'm trying to work on the camera footage, but I'm dealing with the three witnesses and victims as well.
04:30
Where I got me.
04:32
District 33, can you confirm your twins?
04:35
District 3- We're Indvi-Groseta and Alamedo.
04:42
District 1-3-4-3-4.
05:04
Any at least one district unit here to the scene?
05:12
I need a least one district unit here to the scene.

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W Ajo Wy & S 12th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85713
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Incident Timeline

  1. Search for suspect near RTC and Stone Avenue
  2. Investigation and witness interviews
  3. Suspect description broadcast
  4. Report of assault with a firearm
  5. Initial report of incident on city bus

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