Suspect flees after single-vehicle accident in East Ridge, East Ridge TN
Police responded to a single-vehicle crash near Pointe Dexter Drive off Summit and Old Ringgold. One person fled on foot through nearby residential areas including Donaldson Apartments and Claremont Avenue. Officers set a perimeter and used a drone during the search.
Audio|Source: East Ridge Public Safety
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Transcript:
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513 copy an accident?
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May 1 you call it?
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521, can you respond to an accident? near Pointe Dexter Drive off Summit and Old Ringgold.
00:17
It was a vehicle off the road near this home.
00:21
Can't tell anything else about it.
00:23
Okay.
00:29
17 all being around 21.
00:31
Clear.
00:36
Is it unknown or no injuries at this time? Currently unknown, if you can't tell anything other than there's a vehicle off the road.
00:44
Down there.
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Okay. We'll see you brief last at address one more time.
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near Pointe Dexter right there at Old Ringgold.
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17, I'm getting in the area.
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Closer.
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18,
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I'm out of turn.
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17,
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I got one running.
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I got one running up a hill.
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It's clear here.
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It's clearly up for 17.
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17 got one running still.
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One run.
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We're going to be here at Summit Point Dexter.
01:33
He just ran onto some property of the house.
01:40
Seventy just hopped the fence,
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still running down.
01:45
Okay.
01:46
One more offensive, tag.
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2.20 Bravo Keelow, Yanking Mike.
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17, he was last coming up the hill,
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went in the backyard.
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Clear.
02:08
He saw the fence running north from our location.
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Clear.
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Watch the description.
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His fanning male,
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black shirt sweatpants.
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The drug on running up terminal.
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He's running downhill, towards Donaldson.
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So we got an angry homeowner.
02:45
Getting angry with us as well.
02:48
My last down the hill, I'm going to get the drone set up.
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Okay.
02:53
13, what was the last known location?
02:56
Right behind those apartments right there on Donaldson.
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Okay, I'm clear.
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I'm en route.
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17, I'll be en raising him on Donaldson with the drones.
03:08
Clear.
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60, I'm at the Donaldson apartment.
03:15
Clear.
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Okay,
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I'm out here with 60.
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Clear.
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Sixty, give me the description again.
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I got up already outside.
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(name withheld) male black shirts with pants.
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(name withheld) male black shirts with pants.
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Apartment 108, just off the door,
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109.
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The apartment 109, a (name withheld) male went inside and shut the door and locked in one open a black room.
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Clear apartment, 109.
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One 0 one.
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Five, one. Five, one.
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Okay,
03:57
Alabama ID.
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Go ahead.
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107, 122, 2, 2, 3,
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(name withheld) party, (name withheld), man.
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Okay.
04:15
The station apartment 109 is clear, it's not him.
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Clear apartment 109, it's clear, not the party.
04:25
60, do we still have a unit up on Claremont in case he doubled back? Can we set up a good perimeter?
04:32
Good unit.
04:38
17-year traffic's not coming through.
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He was last hopping the fence going into Franklin Place.
04:49
Clear last hopping the fence going towards Franklin Place.
04:57
17 Disregard, we had them last on Claremont headed up Claremont Avenue.
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Claire, last on Claremont going up Claremont Avenue.
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In description, (name withheld) male black shirt, sweatpants.
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(name withheld) male black shirt, sweatpants.
05:20
Are you going to try to set up a perimeter and get a canine and a drone or...
05:28
That's correct.
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If everybody can search center of a perimeter,
05:32
I need a command post so I can get drawn to void.
05:36
Clear. I'm down at the Donaldson Apartments if you want to come down here.
05:44
See the unit at Claremont in Germantown, a unit on Pinalis and Donaldson, a unit on Claremont and Donaldson,
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and a unit in the curve north of Claremont.
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By Claremont Court.
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5-3, show me a ride to them.
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5'1-10. 21, 2.
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21, 2.
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21, 5-2.
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17, if I can get a unit to you behind the VFW, I'll have the drone up.
06:18
Hey, Ken, I'll be around over there.
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Hey.
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I think the two.
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Let's get a unit up to Claremont Court.
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