Elderly man with dementia locked in house threatens fire, Gastonia NC
Medical EmergencyAn 80-year-old man with dementia locked himself inside a house near Hedgewood Circle. Family members outside are worried because he threatened to burn the house down and has a history of violence.
Audio|Source: Gaston County Police/Fire/EMS - Primary Channel
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Transcript:
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(number withheld), Hedgewood Circle off Crane for mental health issues.
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Flat or did you go into the front of the house or do you go behind that house?
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Any challenge 53 206 people help? Go ahead.
00:19
They went to the front of the house and ran down the street.
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Okay, sir.
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Do you want to start with a fire alarm, 43 is on another call?
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6'4.
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Stand 4.
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Correct.
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Is the closing description they gave, correct?
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Toronto 82, counting off too.
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Lighter 441 to fire. Show us in the route to 5-100, take a heart circle. Stand by where I'm going to rewind a pause.
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Mental Health, (number withheld), Headwood Circle, off of Hillmont Street.
00:55
His father is making his title statements, gotten into burning the house down.
00:59
It's an 80-year-old male, not just breathing.
01:02
Go ahead.
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10.4. 20-8, if you can tell me a red honor, when you're ready?
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36, count.
01:09
Go ahead.
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86.
01:11
Mary Adam, 94408.
01:17
Clear, called RP, no answer.
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Being right with 53, discard 64.
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North Carolina.
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104. Sixty-four, clear.
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Zorro reporting, fire, center. So I'm being right at the fire up.
01:30
No one.
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24, North Carolina.
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10.4.
01:38
Mary, Adam 94-408 of 2020 moped to a Charles Martin.
01:47
Subject on Hedgewoods locked himself in the house, R.P. and others are calling from the garage, and the subject knows the police have been called.
01:56
Hey, Cases, can I have any weapons?
01:58
No weapons. If I think he has dementia and it's been violent.
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Location mentioned:
Hedgewood Cir, Gastonia, NC 28052
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