I-10 freeway closed at Kirkwood and Wilcrest for police incident, Houston TX


Authorities closed both directions of the I-10 freeway near Kirkwood and Wilcrest for a serious incident requiring a possible bomb detection dog and large police presence.
Audio|Source: Houston Police Department - All Districts
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Transcript:
00:00
I know it's going to probably be a big ask, but is it possible to get the, I'd say, I10 shut down in both directions, just if Montsquod is going to come take a look at this, this is close to the overpass, probably have it shut down at Kirkwood and have it shut down before the eastbound, shut down at Kirkwood, and then westbound shut down at the Wilcrest exit.
00:23
If we could get maybe Precinct 5, I don't know if they're available to assist on that, and maybe some Northwest units, we'll try to manage what we can.
00:30
And then, yeah, just let me know what we need from that.
00:32
I'll wait. Lock in lane number two.
00:36
We have two lanes, lane number two.
00:37
We need a record at 300, Jensen.
00:38
I need a record 300 Jensen.
00:40
20-06 to dispatch, they requested that we get a bomb dog out here.
00:44
We request that or we request that? That's going to come from the Command Center they have to request the Bomb Dog.
00:51
Command Center, are you on air?
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Wilcrest Dr, Houston, TX
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