Man reported with knife on South State St found unarmed, Chicago IL


A man wearing an orange or red shirt was reported near South State St, possibly holding a knife and blocking traffic. Police found the man boarding a CTA bus but saw no weapon.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 08
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Transcript:
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U.N. 619.9. City by the call of a person with a knife. Near South State St, they say that there is a mailbox with an orange or red shirt southeast side of the street blocking traffic had something in his hand appears to be a knife.
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6.Zone 0.602.
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Sam.
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This is 6.02, Sam. We're checking.
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Thank you so much, and 694-614.
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And it's an anonymous caller, 614-694. Ninety-four. How long ago was I called, was when I, was at that intersection, there wasn't a guy in the middle with any moves?
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It came in at 621, 621 on the time, and it's an anonymous caller.
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So, you know.
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14, you want to navigate that way and 602 Sam is going to check it out, guys.
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You got the camera name that way. That's all right.
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You? 602 Sam.
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602, go ahead.
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The intersection is not a block, but on the southeast corner by the CTA terminal there's a male black with a red shirt on.
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Just got on bus 1324, no weapon observed.
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Cool, and that bus happened to be going eastbound, westbound? You're going to confirm that?
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Location mentioned:
Near S State St, Chicago, IL 60619
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