Man robs Family Dollar, threatens woman with weapon


A radio call reports a robbery at the Family Dollar on East Broad Street. A male suspect threatened a woman with a weapon, took the cash register, and ran from the store. Dispatchers and units discuss the location and suspect direction.
Audio|Source: Columbus Police Zone 2 East Side
01:25
Transcript:
Airing 41[1] information for any cars in the area of 33[2]07 East Broad Street at the Family Dollar. The female screaming, he has a 33, not responding to the call taker, then saying a male held up at 33, took the cash register, occurred a minute ago. Suspect is male, wearing a hat, white shirt, jeans. Still getting additional. I can have a sergeant copy. Looks like you took off on foot. S-99 to put the tail end of that, what you have? I'm sorry, S-92, can you repeat? Yeah, I was trying to copy that wrong, but I missed the first part of it. I'm sorry. It was a 41 at 3307 East Broad Street at the Family Dollar. All right, I copy, thanks. That's 14. S-14. I'll be out of service at 10. I copy. Have a good night. 9940. 9140. Yeah, what do you think has this? We're not closed, but I'll hit the 41. I copy. Looks like the suspect left to the back of the store.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
41: Robbery
[2]
33: Gun/Weapon
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Location mentioned:
Near E Broad St, Columbus, OH 43213
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