Man accidentally shoots himself while handling firearm at job site, Cleveland OH
WeaponsA man was admitted to the Cleveland Clinic with a gunshot wound. He reported that he accidentally shot himself in the testicles while handling a firearm at a job site near E 73rd St and Cedar Ave in Cleveland. There were no other reports of shots fired in that area at the time.
Audio|Source: Cleveland Police and Metro Housing Authority
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Transcript:
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At the clinic,
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we have male locked into the ED with the gunshot wound.
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Then there's (name withheld).
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They don't have any information.
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I don't know what level trauma he is.
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I don't know where the gunshot wound on the body is.
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And I don't know where it happened at.
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D4 has had a couple different calls for shots in the last half hour.
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I'm not sure for me one of their victims.
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It's a cold one.
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That's up.
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Thank you at 1527.
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Adam 11 for info.
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1013, I'm going to clear off this.
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Barney 14.
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Make sure you slide through the address and create that report before you're done to her in before you clear off the assignment.
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Go ahead.
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Bernie 12 did how you arrive?
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Probably 15 right now.
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Go on.
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If you want to go ahead, tell me that bring in one.
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Copy. And then real-time crime, they checked the surrounding cameras.
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They didn't find them.
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Can you go back to the district? The OIC has a probate for a female,
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(name withheld).
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See if she's at home.
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She wasn't home yesterday, but I think it was too late in the evening.
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14, copy.
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Her mom wants to go there and meet us to pick up the animals if she opens the door.
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David 14, I'll be around with the district for first home.
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All right, copy.
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Yeah, we got one for Union and West 102.
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Copy.
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Sorry,
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or East 102.
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MNCMHA called in with this one, 10317 Reno,
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or any 16 for Code 2?
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Then we got me.
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I'm sorry, I said that backwards.
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This is the shot spotter, 013.
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Thank you, I appreciate you guys.
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And Sam 14, or 13, just for info.
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10317 Reno for four rounds that we're going off here.
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Rney 16.
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Sam 14.
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30100 West 11717s at the target.
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You copy the walk-in, gunshot wound, the Clinic.
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David 17, radio.
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I'm Charlie 15.
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I sent you that one.
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It's going to be 0797.
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Go ahead.
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A four rounds.
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I do it.
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Okay, 1528.
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Our security is calling under the shoplifter in the store.
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(name withheld), white male with a goatee, gun on a black jacket and khaki pants,
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and a gray and black hat.
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Cancel, David 11? Attic is courts quiet.
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No one around here heard anything.
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You can clear me with QOA and sending back to that notice.
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1528 for both.
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The code 2, the Keta 0802.
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Hi, Gaffey.
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1528. David, love you, copy?
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Copy. A lover, not got me.
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1528.
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Copy, we're up.
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Once we figure out if this is the level one, then, D4, I can respond.
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Thank you, 1528.
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1528.
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Oh, did you ask for me radio? I'm sorry, I want to go to the Cleveland.
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David Eleven, can you handle this run on West 7? This mail called yesterday and waited.
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Thank. 1528.
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Cool, solar radio.
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Call on. Can you show us complete, the vehicle is turned over to Independence?
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This radio, we're just going to be en route to H-Q really quick, just got to change the radio battery equipment.
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Okay, I'll be showing 3.1529.
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Incident, 26199, 2nd, 299.
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All right, Sam 14 for info.
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That's math.
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For the Cleveland Clinic, (name withheld), he's 45, he told them that he was shot at a job site.
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East 73rd and Cedar where he found a firearm and while examining it, he shot himself in the testicles.
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He does have caution, armed dangerous though, out of Pennsylvania,
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Allegheny County has a 7 for him.
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I don't have any calls for shots fired in that area, just so you know.
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Adam 17 radio.
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Go ahead.
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And David 15, you have a...
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I'm clear.
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How do we look to take lunch back at 1, followed by 2, or 4th, and I know which 1th?
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Okay.
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You're good, 1331.
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There's a thing you call.
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Just so you know, he has had caution, armed dangerous on him, but...
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He's shot in the testicle, so I don't...
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Please apologize.
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Of his information, they don't have a level trauma on him, and he's claiming it happened near E 73rd St and Cedar Ave that he shot himself on accident, but I don't have any calls for shots over there.
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If he gives a different info, can let me know? We'll check with D4.
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Location mentioned:
E 73rd St & Cedar Ave, Cleveland, OH 44103
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