Man threatens employee with weapon at convenience store, Columbus OH

Weapons

Reported: 11/17/2025 09:22 PM

Near N High St, Columbus, OH 43215

A male customer inside the United Dairy Farmers store near North High Street threatened to fight an employee while holding a weapon. He is described as a black male with dreadlocks wearing a brown coat and jeans. The caller is hiding in the back office and reports the suspect is still near the front register.

Audio|Source: Columbus Police Zone 4 Far Northwest

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Transcript:

00:00

Asport, you can't have 33A[1], the UDF near North High Street.

00:06

Since there's a male inside threatening to fight the employee for harassing them, brandishing a weapon.

00:12

Male black, dreadlocks, brown coat, and jeans.

00:16

Top 104.

00:17

4-1 copy.

00:21

That's for Paltz.

00:26

Chalka Poole.

00:33

Chaubergada 33 is UDF, near North High Street.

00:36

Cross is going to be West First Avenue in Price.

00:40

Has the male threatening to fight the employees, it's a male black, dreadlocked, brown coat, and jeans.

00:49

All right, what helps of, uh,

00:52

00:54

90-40 have me to that? Copy.

00:59

436.

01:00

Copy.

01:03

44, you can't have me.

01:04

Copy. Okay.

01:07

Two, sir.

01:08

Copy.

01:10

Four, two, clear off the 16.

01:20

Yeah.

01:25

The caller is hiding in the back office and says the suspect is still inside near the front register.

01:35

Do you have any crime cameras in the area, too, in case you lose?

01:42

I went a little bit north by 2nd Avenue.

01:50

Four.

01:55

Got it. No one's out here.

01:57

You can have many at 32?

01:59

Copy.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

33A: Serious assault or life-threatening incident requiring urgent law enforcement and possible medical response.

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