Man swings metal pipe and hides near Stop & Shop, Hornell NY


A man with red hair and a black bag was swinging a two-foot metal pipe near Stop & Shop. He hid behind cars and looked in windows, causing alarm to a caller.
Audio|Source: Hornell Police
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Transcript:
00:00
Not sure if you're in the area yet, but we just got a calling a guy, walking past on a shop now, it's a redhead, he's got a flannel t-shirt, black bag, he's got this like two-foot metal bike he's swinging around, I guess he's acting very strange, hiding behind some cars and stuff, looking in windows, caller thinks he's up to no good if he could at least make a pass by him, see what he's doing.
00:32
I've returned that juvenile to his grandmother.
00:36
Just let me know if she calls back. Obviously, I have to respond back over there. We'll take him to the hospital again.
00:41
Grace.
00:48
Did you say he was swinging it at somebody? I couldn't hear everything you said.
00:54
He was swinging around.
00:56
He was hiding behind some cars at one point.
00:59
The caller was pretty alarmed by his behavior.
01:03
We said he was walking by stop and chop a couple minutes ago now. Redhead, flannel t-shirt,
01:09
black bed.
01:17
Or not they didn't give you a direction of travel, correct? Just by stop and chop.
01:22
Walking towards the PD.
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