Man on bus reports homicidal thoughts, EMS responds


A 58-year-old man on a city bus said he feels homicidal and wants to hurt someone. Emergency medical services and police are preparing to respond.
Audio|Source: Belleville Police, Fire and EMS Dispatch
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Transcript:
00:0010-7, 1007.00:0110-4[1]s.00:04Medstar is en route.00:06It's going to be a 58-year-old male, Earl Cratcher,00:11yellow shirt, gray pants, blackmail.00:15He's on the bus going to the MetroLink Station.00:19Stakes he's feeling homicidal, wants to hurt someone.00:23MedStar I'll be staging.00:2810.4.00:29You advise any weapons?00:31Oh, my.00:32No weapons.00:36Spatch, 177.00:39Go ahead.00:42I'm 1042, and Pratcher was combative officers early this morning.00:511042, Pratcher was combative officers early this morning. 10-4[1]-172 copy.00:54Pratcher was combative early this morning.00:58172 pappies dispatch 186 well partners go ahead all use be 108 and myself in 147 will be enraught to that suspicious activity on Olympia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 001:28Olympia is 9819, Olympia, 9819.01:32She can hear subjects in the alley,01:35known for drug use, that area.01:40One, certainly you responded, the Metro Belleville, 718 Shield Street, hostage in the area for a 58-year-old male, custom breathing, homicidal, pedigil out.01:52Ever.
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10-7, 1007.
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10-4[1]s.
00:04
Medstar is en route.
00:06
It's going to be a 58-year-old male, Earl Cratcher,
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yellow shirt, gray pants, blackmail.
00:15
He's on the bus going to the MetroLink Station.
00:19
Stakes he's feeling homicidal, wants to hurt someone.
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MedStar I'll be staging.
00:28
10.4.
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You advise any weapons?
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Oh, my.
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No weapons.
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Spatch, 177.
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Go ahead.
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I'm 1042, and Pratcher was combative officers early this morning.
00:51
1042, Pratcher was combative officers early this morning. 10-4[1]-172 copy.
00:54
Pratcher was combative early this morning.
00:58
172 pappies dispatch 186 well partners go ahead all use be 108 and myself in 147 will be enraught to that suspicious activity on Olympia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
01:28
Olympia is 9819, Olympia, 9819.
01:32
She can hear subjects in the alley,
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known for drug use, that area.
01:40
One, certainly you responded, the Metro Belleville, 718 Shield Street, hostage in the area for a 58-year-old male, custom breathing, homicidal, pedigil out.
01:52
Ever.
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Memorial Hospital Station, Belleville, IL 62223
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