Man reported with blade under bridge in Avondale, Chicago IL


A caller reports a man using drugs under a bridge and now holding a blade.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 01
00:28
Transcript:
1623, caller keeps calling about a guy doing drugs under the bridge at (address withheld). Now he's calling the claim. He has a blade[2] of some sort. He's going to be tall and wearing a red shirt. Is that like a simulcast? It's at 16 citywide, 1623 is responding to it. Came in originally as a vice complaint[1] guy doing drugs by a bridge. (address withheld), now he says he sees him holding a blade. He's wearing a red shirt. On the furthest zone clear.
1623, caller keeps calling about a guy doing drugs under the bridge at (address withheld). Now he's calling the claim. He has a blade[2] of some sort. He's going to be tall and wearing a red shirt. Is that like a simulcast? It's at 16 citywide, 1623 is responding to it. Came in originally as a vice complaint[1] guy doing drugs by a bridge. (address withheld), now he says he sees him holding a blade. He's wearing a red shirt. On the furthest zone clear.
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[1]
vice complaint: Suspected drug activity
[2]
blade: Possible weapon
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Location mentioned:
Avondale, Chicago, IL
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