Man threatens self-harm with gun near Supreme Court building, Austin TX
WeaponsA man armed with a gun threatened to harm himself and approached police near the Supreme Court building. Officers used non-lethal force and tried to communicate with him, but he remained armed and uncooperative.
Audio|Source: Travis County Law Enforcement
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Transcript:
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NTA, and he said he's going to try and move closer to units to try and let them get a shot. He said he's not going to drop a weapon. Male and female on the north grounds, they appear to be heading west. The complainant is not armed. If there's two vehicles in the driveway and no other vehicles should be on site, they say that the neighbor do not park in the street.
00:27
once my name Jervyn.
00:28
room to ground, too, but it looks like they're on the move now, headed towards the Supreme Court building. Good. I could return to the first one on Vendena. It's current and clear. I did not return on Prescott.
00:49
603[1] traffic. 7263 go ahead. 900620 south. We're going to be pulling into Chase Bank on Sam Paul Charles 6015. It's going to be a red forward fusion.
01:08
All for one subject appears to be walking towards the unit.
01:12
Subject's requesting that we shoot him.
01:14
Please walk you guys about 60 yards.
01:16
Get on the RRA, tell Jose to stop where he is and do not come towards him.
01:20
Oh for one, I lost visual behind the tree.
01:23
Yeah, you still walking towards you guys.
01:24
Bang out, frame out!
01:26
Everybody home, everybody holds.
01:27
He's walking away.
01:29
He stopped.
01:30
You guys, we're going to get him back.
01:32
With DELSU. N-T, given commands, my name, stay calm, drop the gun, walk towards us.
01:38
Stop walking away.
01:39
You know, I still have CIS 32 of Jewish temple right now.
01:41
I've got the next bank.
01:42
47, clear. I'm from suspect.
01:48
Check.
01:49
763 to BKV6.
01:50
He's saying that he doesn't want to live.
01:55
He's saying, shoot me.
01:56
Make sure he understands, we're not going to shoot him, and he needs to stop walking away.
01:59
Walk towards all the white lights.
02:01
Walk towards him. Out the gun.
02:02
18 for 43, one successful bang deployment.
02:05
Looks like one successful 40-round deployment.
02:07
Suspects still non-compliant, gun to head.
02:09
TAC1[2] confirm and CIT[3] is still talking to him? Before it's online.
02:14
All right, hold it out about CIT[3], just tell him we're not going to hurt him, have him walk toward the lights and put the gun down.
02:19
Just keep doing what you're doing.
02:20
TAC 4 to 18, make sure those direct impacts are closed for this range.
02:25
We got you.
02:26
Alpha one, you pack on gun?
02:27
Alpha one, I'm up.
02:28
I got eyes on, subject.
02:29
Talking on the phone, gun in his right hand.
02:30
He's still holding the gun to his head.
02:32
He's still holding the gun to his head. 760M-all. Tim.
02:33
18 to 38.
02:34
Go ahead, Billy.
02:35
Hey, so the bang works well, stopping his forward progress.
02:38
I would have a plan on y'all side as well if he starts moving that direction.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
603: traffic stop
[2]
TAC1: tactical channel 1
[3]
CIT: Crisis Intervention Team
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Location mentioned:
North Side, Austin, TX 78701
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