Man armed with gun talking to himself in public, Chicago IL
A man armed with a gun was seen talking to himself near South Ashland Avenue in Chicago. He walked toward Wendy's and was stopped by police near South Ashland. Police noted he may not have been mentally stable.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 08
03:43
Transcript:
00:00
I don't have a somalcast at the moment, but I'm getting a person with a gun, near South Ashland.
00:05
It says in the lobby there is a male armed with a firearm.
00:09
Looks like male black, dark-complected, tall cylinder, he's got a black coat on and brown pants.
00:14
Details to follow.
00:20
1499.
00:26
They are advising him looks like he did walk across the street, he's heading towards the Wendy's.
00:35
13 copy.
00:38
6-0-2-16-1 was the description again?
00:41
Male black, dark-complected, tall, slender with a black coat and brown-colored pants.
00:52
Someone else is calling it in.
00:55
He's about six foot.
00:58
Says the firearm has a clip.
01:01
Or it says he has a clip to a gun in his hands.
01:04
I guess he's talking to himself.
01:10
I see a male matching that description in front of the Harold's ticket.
01:16
Male matching in front of the heralds.
01:19
Do you happen to see anything in his hand?
01:21
Negative hands are empty right now.
01:25
My hands are empty right now.
01:28
They did advise that he was talking to him, so walked past the one-stop store.
01:34
Looks like he's in front of it.
01:41
He's by the Wendy's now.
01:44
I currently buy the Wendy's for O2 soon.
01:51
Yeah, they're advising he may not be in his right mind.
01:54
They said he was talking to himself, so he'd get him some route over there, just use caution.
02:02
Cross the street is joined.
02:05
Northwest corner.
02:08
All right, northwest corner, crossing the street.
02:18
Who was going, I'm sorry?
02:22
6'4.
02:25
10.4.
02:28
About South Ashland now.
02:33
Off Ashland.
02:35
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02:38
What's the description there?
02:41
Male black dot-complected about 6-foot black jacket, brown pants.
02:51
13, I'm gonna pull up on them.
02:53
I got a unit via me.
02:55
All right, 613 is pulling up now.
03:06
Again, it's on Ashland, you guys have them stuck.
03:09
You guys have them stopped? I'm sorry to make a question.
03:17
Try it again.
03:20
Units on Ashton, confirm you at him stop.
03:28
Agent Squad.
03:31
South Ashton.
03:33
Ashton.
03:36
I heard.
03:39
South Ashton got the Males stop.
03:41
All right.
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Location mentioned:
Near S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60620
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