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Person armed with a knife flees near Blue Line stationChicago IL

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Western, 430 S Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60612

A person was reported to be armed with a knife near the Blue Line station at Western Avenue. Responding officers and a sergeant were dispatched, but the person fled before they arrived.

Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 10
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Transcript:
00:00
Okay, and then 11, we still have that person with a knife Western on the Forest Park branch.
00:04
I do have 1135.
00:06
Clear. Do I have an available sergeant to take a ride with him, a person with a knife, CTA Blue Line?
00:16
171, we can ride with them.
00:20
1171, come forth, thank you.
00:24
And 1135, you copied that person with a knife on a blue line western.
00:30
Okay,
00:37
so that person with a knife, it did say the offender fled,
00:40
but CPA didn't want to send the agent back to the train to see if they were still there, I guess.
00:51
Ten twenty-three.
00:54
Ten-twenty-three.

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Western, 430 S Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60612

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