Male flees and drops backpack suspected to contain bomb, Jersey City NJ
WeaponsA male matching the description fled near Woodward St and dropped a blue backpack suspected to contain a bomb. Authorities discussed protocols including contacting the bomb squad and handling the bag carefully. The male approached CMS saying he had a bomb around his ankles, then threw the backpack and walked away.
Audio|Source: Jersey City Police
04:38
Transcript:
00:00
He's Sergeant. All right, I got a male match to description, black male, gray pants,
00:10
blue hat,
00:12
blue book bag.
00:24
Patience. I'm at Woodward going a long way, he's starting to run.
00:32
Are any available units you can make your way over on Woodward?
00:47
I'm on Border Mady's Drive.
01:02
I'm on North Lieutenant.
01:07
The North unit that's with the vehicle, I'm feeling myself. Please.
01:17
Hi, Sergeant.
01:20
near Woodward St.
01:22
We got the male stop.
01:24
He dropped the blue book back.
01:27
We'll look for the blue book back now.
01:29
And for the blue book back now.
01:33
... front of the bottom of it.
01:40
Go ahead.
01:43
New Jersey Echo 9-3, Romeo, Uniform Charlie,
01:49
a white Kia, it looks like three on board right now.
01:56
Do you have a south unit off, Sergeant?
02:03
Two-wind area, we're heading.
02:06
Give you four on board.
02:08
Okay.
02:13
Step 5, we're heading.
02:17
4 for the surface of the sergeant.
02:20
4 receive you're ready off the sergeant.
02:22
Go!
02:24
Hey, he so.
02:26
Could you have the issue, stop by? Just check out this bag.
02:33
4?
02:34
No emergency 4.
02:39
Emergency 4.
02:40
Yeah, can you check out that book bag, please, near Woodward St.?
02:49
No.
02:50
Rachel, we don't check bags without the contact bomb swap. All right, Sergeant, you got that?
03:03
I'm sorry, I didn't get that.
03:05
As for ESU, they don't check bags, you have to contact bomb squad.
03:09
All right, do we have an explicit explosive canine working?
03:21
Ritchie Sorden on 3rd.
03:24
Can I block?
03:29
Try this again.
03:32
We'll come down and take a look at it.
03:35
Our protocol is not to put a canine on it.
03:38
So let us take a look and see if it's actually suspicious.
03:54
Yeah, you charge, I got that, thank you.
04:01
And just from my own information, in case we do have to call on the bomb squad,
04:08
what makes it suspicious at this point? Or do we just have to check it out first, make that determination?
04:19
He's Sergeant.
04:22
This male here approached CMS and said that he had a bomb around his ankles.
04:29
And when I tried to stop him, he just threw the book bag on the floor.
04:34
And he just walked off from it and then stopped.
Disclaimer:
This transcript was automatically generated and may contain inaccuracies. Please verify the information independently.
Location mentioned:
Near Woodward St, Jersey City, NJ 07304
This shows a Google Street View of the area near the location, which might not be the exact address.
Correct
Incorrect
