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Police search for armed suspect and discarded firearmIowa City IA

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Near Bancroft Dr, Iowa City, IA 52240

Police are searching for a suspect believed to be armed. They are trying to contain the suspect near Bancroft Dr. Officers are also looking for a firearm the suspect discarded near a road close to a bridge.

Audio|Source: Johnson County Fire/EMS
04:30
Transcript:
00:00
I believe you will need to head to near Bancroft Dr.
00:12
I believe you will need to head to near Bancroft Dr., near Bancroft Dr.
00:20
25, I do have a PVX for the mailhouse.
00:28
I'm just standing by about that PBX right now. So we're in onto location.
00:43
So forth, uh,
00:46
we should try to do a perimeter to keep them contained in this area. If he's there, I will have the driveway secure guidance.
00:54
Gentle four.
00:57
734 tracking Peterson.
00:59
Copy.
01:06
5256, he's at the residence we just left.
01:11
Good place at the residence we just left.
01:14
Good place at the residence we left.
01:21
If you know, we know if you make contact, we'll bring on all break from here.
01:26
Gentlemen,
01:28
safety six, which resident are you talking about?
01:39
Out here in the country?
01:44
772 Eastside exterior check.
01:48
Copy.
02:04
Fifty-six. Ten,
02:06
twenty-six, one-eightieth.
02:09
We got them. We're back at that address.
02:13
Copy out of the mail.
02:15
We've got me, team, log 1-1, change at this point.
02:19
10-4[1]-1 to change.
02:25
Intentional officers, all agencies be prepared to copy. Ascent will locate referencing a moving violation northbound on 218 at the 63 exit.
02:33
The center will locate (name withheld) on a Gray 2014 Chief Grand Cherokee, registered to the subject on Linger in Florida.
02:42
Thank you, we get that right.
02:45
Vehicle was swerving heavily, driving extremely slow. Again, intent to locate (name withheld), last seen headed northbound on 218, crossing the 63 exit in Waterloo. You've located stop and make your own case, authority block our county communications, timeout is 23-48.
03:03
We're awesome. 1040, you have the subject here.
03:09
46 and 23, you guys heard of the time.
03:13
Sixth, right.
03:15
One through three.
03:20
56. The firearm is going to be farther to your east.
03:26
Say again.
03:30
The suspect says the firearm is about 50, 60 yards from your guys' location right now.
03:36
East.
03:38
7018 is direct.
03:45
7702 checking verge.
03:52
Did he toss it near the bridge?
04:00
Between the bridge and the grain bin, now he's saying on the south side of the road.
04:06
10.4.
04:11
No-mind, he's twisted, I guess it's on the other side of the road.
04:20
Okay, it's on the north side?
04:24
Yep,
04:27
on the north side.
04:28
Very close to where you guys are at, just on the north side of the road.
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10-4: Acknowledgment (Message received / OK)

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