Group armed with bats and knives threatens tenants, Tucson AZ
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WeaponsAccording to the dispatch call, at a property near North Ralph Avenue in Tucson, a group of six homeless individuals armed with baseball bats and knives trespassed and threatened to assault tenants. The property manager, armed with a knife, locked himself inside the building and was on site waiting in a vehicle. The group later moved outside and threatened other tenants. Officers responded to the scene.
Audio|Heard on: Tucson Police Midtown Division
Listen to dispatch call
02:21
Transcript:
00:00
I'll take two additional 84s, one with a 40 or flex, and I will have an IC.
00:11
For two additional, it's going to be near North Ralph Avenue,
00:17
one with 40 or flex.
00:19
It can be in reference to unwanted trespasser.
00:22
They did advise that they have baseball bats and knives.
00:30
Give me a moment.
00:32
I can attach. I have a 40.
00:38
Four, third unit.
00:49
It's going to be near North Ralph Avenue.
00:53
When the caller originally called in and said there was multiple trespassers on the property, and that was the manager.
00:59
And then it looks like they were contacted, that six homeless subjects were waiting to assault him.
01:04
Otherwise, they had baseball bats and knives.
01:06
Our manager is armed with his own knife and went back inside the building and locked the door.
01:12
You also have the property manager now on site, and that's going to be Calvin.
01:17
He's going to be waiting in a brown truck.
01:22
And on his last three contact says the homeless had moved to the exterior wall and tenant is inside the unit.
01:30
And again, our property manager who is responding is waiting in this vehicle.
01:38
For units can, we'll 45[3] at, Belvedere and Seneca.
01:42
In 3, Zeefer 3, it looks like a complaint to re-contact of this, advising homeless subjects are now threatening other tenants, unknown if they still have the baseball bats or knives.
01:54
7-4, can you just make sure any potential victims stay separated?
01:58
10-4[2].
02:00
The latest update is going to be the homeless officers are now behind the trash dumpster, possibly injecting 1801.
02:12
And then it looks like our secondary caller, Calvin, which is the property manager, he's asking for one of the officers at 21[1] and that info is it going to be in the call text.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
21: Contact or communication by telephone.
[2]
10-4: Acknowledgment or affirmative—message received, understood, or OK.
[3]
45: Request to meet or rendezvous at a specified location.
Disclaimer:
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Location mentioned:
N Ralph Ave, Tucson, AZ 85712
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