Man pulls woman by hair and covers her mouth, Columbus OH


A woman was heard screaming for help near Aberdeen Ave. A man was seen pulling her by her hair and covering her mouth. Both then ran on foot away from the scene. Police are searching the area with helicopter support.
Audio|Source: Columbus Police Zone 6 Northeast
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Transcript:
00:00
Sorry, so that 16[1] high risk on Aberdeen and 2 Precinct, it is developing rapidly.
00:07
I don't have any cars clear to respond now, but I just want to do to copy it.
00:15
In summary, there was a female just screaming for people to call 911, but then stop screaming, and now we're getting additional where there's a male on scene that is grabbing her and she's screaming for help.
00:29
I just wanted you to review and copy that.
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And I'll send cards when we have them clear.
00:36
I copy. I'll take a look at it.
00:38
We'll come up with some from somewhere eventually.
00:40
I copy.
00:42
7662 directly.
00:44
7662, go ahead.
00:46
You have the air location at Joyce in Cordell.
00:50
I copy.
00:55
And officer is 13 right here.
01:00
They ran right along this hedgerow.
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They ran from the vehicle,
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the front of the vehicle to this head row where these cars are parked, ran east along the south side of the hedgerow and north where these trees are.
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I'm watching video right now, so bear with me.
01:21
And they hit, right where you guys are looking in this dense little push, round push north of you, they hit there for about 20 seconds.
01:31
All right, officers,
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officer right here inside of this area.
01:39
Yeah,
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we get you back on 6th Alpha, secure.
01:44
Just 5'4, go ahead, Chopper.
01:51
Yeah, look right in here, I could tell, look like you made a gesture of throwing something in here.
01:58
One of the subjects, as they were running north along the east side of that outer area,
02:06
it's kind of hard to tell, kind of hard to tell, but I can't...
02:11
I'm watching video right now and trying to give you information as I get it.
02:15
So it's not going to be much further than where you're at.
02:19
I can't imagine it would be tort any further than where you're currently at.
02:24
Copy. So they would have been somewhere around this turf area right here, or I'm flashing my flashlight right now.
02:33
Yes, they were on the east side of that fence, running northbound and then turned west along the north side.
02:39
But a subject looked like he threw something.
02:43
Copy, thanks, Chopper.
02:46
Yeah, look towards the south side of that tarp.
02:51
That's a tarp where that building is.
02:53
Yeah, right in there.
02:54
You guys are looking. If you don't see anything, it could have just been him running and slailing his arms.
03:05
Do Victor, I'll serve that 16[1].
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22, we'll go with them.
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I got to be 22.
03:14
What's your client?
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Good, Victor.
03:19
I copy.
03:22
We're not seen.
03:24
Drop. It'll be in front of near Aberdeen Ave.
03:30
I see most seem begging for help or screaming for help.
03:34
Chop for the officers out here.
03:35
We're not seeing anything else on thermal and no other 40.
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And what's all we got for you now? I got it all recorded.
03:45
Also with the male black shirt, red shorts, I was pulling her by her hair and covering her mouth.
03:51
They were both seen on foot.
03:53
Copy.
03:57
Chopper, excellent work by everyone.
04:00
Radio, what is the incident number for me, please?
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
16: Disturbance or incident requiring police response, including traffic accidents, domestic issues, or mental health crises.
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Location mentioned:
Near Aberdeen Ave, Columbus, OH 43211
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