Homeless man threatened customers with knife near store, Clearwater FL
AssaultA homeless man near a store on Gulf Bay Boulevard threatened customers while holding a knife. Police detained a male wearing a gray shirt and black pants near Lady Mary and Cleveland streets.
Audio|Source: Clearwater Police - East
03:27
Transcript:
00:00
427 for information for armed person 1452, near Gulf Bay Boulevard.
00:04
Homeless people are going to be fighting with customers, saying they're going to pull out a gun and now he's holding a gun, lockmail inside the store.
00:13
Those units.
00:14
Units responding to call today, code 3[1].
00:16
CD units, be advised me code 1[2] for armed person.
00:18
4-7-5-40 units.
00:20
You guys can respond as well.
00:21
Be advised west side 11.
00:23
Who's going to be code 1[2]?
00:24
Male wearing gray shirt, black pants, possibly in front of the store.
00:28
He has his hand in his pants right now.
00:30
I'll make contact with somebody at the store if he can.
00:32
See if we can verify where this individual is at.
00:34
People are out there.
00:36
You need to be advised, no one has seen a gun yet.
00:39
Do we have somebody calling this door?
00:41
10-4[3].
00:42
Oh, we're coming on scene.
00:43
Description. A male, gray shirt, black pants.
00:46
Hello? We're getting another call in now.
00:48
One subject was on a bike, heading northbound.
00:51
Myself in 11 are at the store.
00:53
I copy.
00:54
I'll leave description one more time.
00:55
A gray shirt, black pants.
00:57
Like male point.
00:58
Ten-four.
00:59
He's heading west of Cleveland.
01:01
Unitures bond west of Cleveland.
01:02
I'm coming that direction, I'm headed east, right to right at you.
01:05
Hello, the male gray shirt, you may have a knife on the right side of his person and he was threatening to pull out, not a gun.
01:11
Can you just confirm the color shirt because I got a male, black shorts, red shirt? Coles got a black backpack.
01:17
Update the location?
01:18
We got him prone out.
01:19
It's going to be Lady Mary and Cleveland.
01:21
All right, I guess.
01:22
Confirm in the description from the complaint.
01:24
There's a male gray shirt, baggy black pants on a bicycle.
01:27
Left towards Cleveland on the Gulf of the way.
01:29
10.4th, 1012[4].
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
code 3: Respond with lights and siren (emergency)
[2]
code 1: Routine response or respond quietly
[3]
10-4: Acknowledgement / Message received
[4]
1012: Subject in custody or detained
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Location mentioned:
S Lady Mary Dr & Cleveland St, Clearwater, FL 33755
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