Hostage situation with knife inside Fresno restaurant, Fresno CA
WeaponsPolice responded to a hostage situation inside a restaurant near Woodward Ave in Fresno. A suspect armed with a knife was holding employees at knifepoint. Shots were fired inside, and several people were hiding or injured. Police made announcements asking the suspect to surrender peacefully.
Audio|Source: Fresno City Police, Fire and EMS
08:29
Transcript:
00:00
There was a gun shot from inside the restaurant.
00:03
32, we need units with a large disturbance inside the restaurant and gunshots fired inside.
00:08
Adam, what's your status?
00:11
Towns I'm being able to make traffic.
00:15
Sir 2. I'm cold for, but I can hear the disturbances inside.
00:18
I don't hold the facts field.
00:21
5.105 to where we should go to the north side of the building until we get more units, but stay away from the window.
00:26
We do not know who has the gun inside.
00:28
President 1.
00:29
We need units.
00:30
Go nationwide and you need two.
00:33
I have a next come.
00:37
Okay,
00:39
3X-ray 2-1. I wasn't ready.
00:40
Go again.
00:41
It's going to be Missouri State out of 5-6-1, space or five.
00:45
Hello.
00:46
Okay. Copy.
00:56
Control 3-3 and L-de-cicles south side.
01:00
Okay,
01:01
where do you need me?
01:03
5-1-9-05 from 18.
01:04
Under the Rare with 5-AX.
01:07
Hi Frank 32, I copy.
01:08
I'm going to be en route code 3.
01:11
5-302. I'm set on the north.
01:14
I have visual inside the dining room.
01:16
There are some people standing by at the cash register.
01:18
One is the suspect from 4.
01:20
He has a HSA wearing a white shirt at a knife point and is yelling something I can't make out from here.
01:25
There's another person, possibly a white male adult near the door to the kitchen behind those females and hands up.
01:30
Can't see how many people are on the floor, but I can see movement.
01:38
When your ride is set and a vibe over the air.
01:42
K-9, I'm arriving now, search.
01:45
Charles 3-3.
01:46
I'm pulling in now. Give me 30 seconds and I'll be set.
01:53
...21.
01:57
...buttickson, but I can't tell what they are saying.
02:04
I'm out still but I'm cutting my siren.
02:07
I'll advise when I'm set.
02:11
Order first phonetically King Adam, Bam Henry, Adam, Yellow.
02:16
Debrose,
02:17
(number withheld).
02:20
Copy. Okay.
02:26
One, Edward, 20, copy.
02:45
Before the Logstone 42, give me a second, I'm on the phone.
02:49
Sorry.
02:54
President, one team is on the Elbeck State Health call.
02:57
We're getting a call from one of the employees about an armed disturbance, the refugees inside the kitchen.
03:05
It is a subject holding the server and the manager hostage.
03:08
He's very hysterical.
03:09
It's hard to get control from.
03:13
5105 Frank are you set?
03:17
Hi Frank, I'm just set up.
03:19
I'm here with 5 Adam.
03:20
The yelling just stopped.
03:21
Brother one, make sure EMS is still staged on this so you can have the start a second grade just next.
03:28
Okay.
03:30
519 all unit hold your position.
03:33
Is that our PC on the phone? Brother 1.
03:37
Be sure on Brawley.
03:40
Cappy.
03:45
But he's watching on a camera.
03:49
It shows a cat register in the front door, so he's not really able to see the suspect.
03:56
This is going to be a white male scruffy looking, wearing all black.
03:59
He arms knife.
04:02
By when I spread no one, that's hour peter one double.
04:10
I'm going to cancel the ballot.
04:12
I'm going to keep Latter 1 engine 1.
04:15
At this point, we can't find the cause of the explosion to the post-mobile holder.
04:21
We'll just take the traffic back to Metro remain committed to N2N1-1 and Sateful.
04:28
Probably that at all on the recreation incident with the exception of Latter 1, Inger 1, Matali 1 and Safety 1 can cancel return to Metro.
04:39
On my knowledge.
04:48
That okay, a conscious station ladder 18, near Devwood Crossup, Brian, 666, West Devwood, Land.
05:09
5-1-9. For the information for the RP does know where the bench shot came from.
05:15
Nobody in the community stranger is actually a one server was tapped earlier, but not nowhere is that one.
05:21
Suspects demanding food earlier, and the rest manager, judges, for a 5 Georgia rights.
05:26
For the information, there are 5-12 employees, they should be sticking in front of the house.
05:30
Any unit have visual employees in front of the house.
05:39
Four Union two behind.
05:41
You can leave Fort Baker-22 out.
05:42
I'm already out with him.
05:47
You copy.
05:49
Four Baker-22 did you copy?
05:52
I got him.
05:55
We're making announcements into the building asking him to come out peacefully.
05:59
You can click back in the friar, please.
06:03
Copy.
06:08
(name withheld), 35 years old, birthday in August, I think.
06:12
He's in house, a nephew's your new free princess area.
06:16
Can I end the prison one?
06:18
Can you make a note that we are starting announcements, calling the suspect out by name, and asking him to exit the west side of the business hands up?
06:28
Copy.
06:32
On event, 1226.
06:36
Okay
06:39
At 82225 on a 2011 Hyundai out of Fred now in any-pending.
07:01
5 o'clock can you introduce the kitchen? Employee, I'm on the phone with the living.
07:07
I have to join us.
07:12
First one, two, four, you need, two-five.
07:16
Good.
07:18
All unit two-five, we conference and EMS.
07:21
It will be secure for that.
07:24
and pacing now, the female employees on the ground, I can see at least six other people on the ground in the dining room that are hiding and another laying on the floor that appears to be injured by the front door.
07:38
Central.
07:41
A note in the call.
07:46
One.
07:48
Find the stop one shot.
07:53
Raleigh and San Jose.
07:57
Do you want to go at the location again,
08:00
please?
08:01
Raleigh and San Jose?
08:03
Copy.
08:07
2001 Chevy also out of Fresno.
08:10
I copy.
08:17
Croscelain 2 4 Baker 31 David 31 our Pete called back and was requesting EMS again.
08:23
EMS advised there and we're out also invited the mayor, she'll be back.
08:29
No for that.
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Location mentioned:
W Woodward Ave, Fresno, CA 93706
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