Welfare check for suicidal woman with potential weapons, Edwardsville IL


A welfare check was requested for a woman at near Point Street, Unit B after she called a crisis line expressing intent to shoot herself. She reported having a locked firearm and mentioned being harmed the night before. She also claimed to have a large bowie knife and BB gun near the front door, but possession of these weapons is unconfirmed. She threatened harm to police if they were called.
Audio|Source: Edwardsville, SIUE, Glen Carbon, Madison County, ISPERN Police and Fire
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5M103 respond to near Point Street, Unit B. Boy,
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request by the Veterans Crisis Line for welfare check on (name withheld), who has called saying she wanted to shoot herself and has a firearm in the residence, but it's in a lockbox. She sounded heavily intoxicated to the caller.
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Also advised that she was sexually harmed last night and that if police were called,
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they were being sent to their death.
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We use caution. We do have an alert.
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that she has a large bowie knife and a BB gun near the front door, unknown if she actually has any weapons, so that she claims she does.
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103 Claire on the ground.
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45, Claire.
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164, copy 28 in Missouri.
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103 and 45, I'm sure you're probably familiar, but we do have an entry in weeds for her,
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for a clear and present danger,
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hot style to sell for others.
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Edwardsville, IL
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