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Akron, OH

Ongoing situation with armed individuals in Akron home 

audio iconFamily Offense
18th St SW & Kenmore Blvd, Akron, OH 44314
The audio details a tense situation in Akron where two people are inside a house, one armed with handguns. Police are negotiating with them and considering a breach. One individual is in the basement, fearing the other, leading to concerns about safety.
Audio|Source: Southwest Summit County Public Safety
05:11

Transcript:
I have a sheriff deputy ride with me in training. My apologies. You guys hitting the window next to the chimney on side too? That is our deployment. almost the battles. Okay, it was going westbound on Kenmore at 18th when it hit about nine minutes ago now, so it's probably somewhere around here still. Copy, can you readvise the windows that you hit? Side 1, opening 2, and opening 4. The main to be logged. Go ahead. What's the status of your gas plan? only hit window one since the other team hit window two. Copy everything inside one? On side two, opening one. The other team hit side two, opening two. Right, I copy. Okay. Where's it at 118? It hit at 931 westbound on Kenmore at 18th Street. So I'm just looking on the boulevard now. It's probably somewhere in Kenmore still, I would imagine. Okay, you want to switch over to tack two? Not a critic command. Go ahead. It's about approximately 20 minutes. The gas is not solicited a response of occupants. Copy? We'd like to do a breach and hold and let the drone start clearing the structure. Copy standby. Go seeter to command. Go ahead. Go ahead. Look, I was just on the phone with (name withheld). He said he's in the basement. He's not coming up because (name withheld) is crazy and he was causing pretty mad. 256 route to start kind of deal starting mile is 26256 26256 26 256 oh that they're both in one (name withheld) stated he was in the basement, he didn't know where (name withheld) is at in the house and he just stated in his bedroom he has two to three handguns. And he did confirm that (name withheld) has a handgun with him. Copy. Honaker did the negotiators. Go ahead, Honaker. with a window well on side one. If you can have him go to that window and try and crawl out, we can get up there and grab him. Yeah, okay. He started coughing pretty bad and then I've lost contact with him. I'll try and call him back. And team one and team two.

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18th St SW & Kenmore Blvd, Akron, OH 44314
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