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Man with knife searching trash at Belmont train stationChicago IL

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Belmont Red/Brown/Purple Line Station, Chicago, IL 60657

Police responded to a report of a man armed with a knife searching through trash on the Belmont Red Line platform near Belmont in Chicago. The man was described as wearing all gray clothing. Officers attempted to locate him despite low-quality camera footage.

Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 02
02:35
Transcript:
00:00
24, no simulcast, getting a person with a knife at Belmont Red Line.
00:04
Near West Belmont.
00:06
Call her (name withheld) on the platform said there's a male white or male Hispanic wearing all gray clothing, holding a knife looking through the trash on the platform, redline Belmont, near Belmont.
00:19
924. Okay. 104.
00:23
O2 Sam, any eyes on Belmont Red Line? O2, Sam.
00:30
I'm trying to look now.
00:31
The camera's real blurry.
00:34
All right. This is platform.
00:35
Didn't say which direction.
00:36
Male white or male Hispanic, all gray clothing with a knife.
00:46
1923.
00:49
1923.
00:51
Another 14.4.
00:52
Should we go into the Belmont railway?
00:57
All right. We actually just got a call of a false alarm with keyholder MC in Montana, so I'll dupe that in.
01:02
And 23 is going to near Belmont again.
01:05
Described as male white or male Hispanic, wearing all gray clothing, armed with a knife looking through the trash on the platform near Belmont.
01:18
9-24-4-5-0-down or south-down.
01:23
T4 does not specify an O2 Samuel is looking for a camera, but the feed is real blurry, so at this point we do not know.
01:30
10-4[1].
01:37
1502? 1902.
01:39
1902.
01:42
Squad, if, um, I think it's 1915, maybe, or 13, Officer Castillo, if he's available.
01:48
Can you come in and see the East Desk, please?
01:52
13, yeah, that's Carlos.
01:54
1913, a message?
01:57
1913. 99.
02:02
9292, 4, squad.
02:03
What's the description again?
02:07
Q4, male white or male Hispanic, wearing all gray clothing,
02:11
holding a knife on the platform going through the trash.
02:14
Male white or male Hispanic, all gray clothing.
02:22
3.20 male Hispanic or male black?
02:26
Male black was not a choice.
02:27
It is male white or male Hispanic, all gray clothing.
02:33
Thank you.
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment; message received or affirmative (OK).

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Belmont Red/Brown/Purple Line Station, Chicago, IL 60657

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