Man displays knife, claims firearm on city bus in Lansing, Lansing MI


A man wearing a dark blue coat and hat displayed a large butcher knife taken from his sock while riding a city bus in Lansing. He also claimed to have a firearm in his jacket, but none was seen. The man got off the bus and walked westbound. Police are searching for him.
Audio|Source: Greater Lansing Area Public Safety
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Transcript:
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For units, responding to that weapons complaint, accuses a (number withheld), dark complexion, dark blue pico of some kind and a hat, got on bus 3, correction, route 3, bus 620.
00:13
All right, I do if you need to get you at what direction that runs.
00:15
MSU 6031 to center.
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631-1-5.
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You can copy another plate.
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Go ahead.
00:19
David Union, Tom, 759, black and color, no preference.
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Count for.
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18, copy search, please.
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18, go ahead. David, Robert, Queen, 45, 8, 2.
00:27
It does not need a choice.
00:28
Town for it.
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Two out of forty-year trophy.
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4-3. 13 for my calling pending.
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I have the Willow.
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This badge. Truck 41? Several.
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The Bertram and John are with Edward Nora Williams, 7091.
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Truck 41.
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Please buy the medic available.
00:41
Okay. Okay.
00:42
This match, Jolly, command.
00:44
Okay. Okay. Grands terminated, Dean's clope of LPD, action 46, clear and available.
00:48
You can show us back, Station 6.
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Should you clear, help.
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14.
00:52
Victim is advising the bus went westbound.
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I'm going to go try to find that real quick.
00:56
10-4[1] cat a bus went westbound.
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Mediq 411, responding to 418, South Francis, 418, South Francis Avenue, across the east Kalamazoo and Marcus, 16-year-old male, fever, and vomiting, his conscious breathing.
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Providec 411.
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If you would catch this fetch, they'll tell us where that bus is at and stop.
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We're on the phone with him right now, trying to get further.
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And I'm out.
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Temple. Struck 41. Track 41.
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Back to station one.
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Okay. Kat is having the bus pull over on Morris just north of Saginaw.
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15, clear.
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For Medical 411, 418, South Francis, 418, 418, South Francis, 16-year-old male fever, vomiting.
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Life 1411, no.
01:36
Just fetch for a medic 41.
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5-2 are out.
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Medic 41.
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Some far. Jack Sparrow.
01:41
Township penis are tied up, right? Honestown.
01:44
Tell for her. All right. Yeah, you let Charlie one know I'm head over atone's your crane.
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Grab this guy.
01:47
Nothing, commandee. You could turn to town, too.
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Tell for her. Four King, I'm back on the company.
01:50
Town for. Yeah.
01:51
Can't go ahead. Hey, where are Armstrong? Where'd you find the victim at? White mail plaid shirt?
01:56
Yeah, right there in the corner.
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On the west side of the 245? Yeah, I got them.
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4307. 430 up to any.
02:02
Anything what cell companies do we have from?
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Stand by. The bus, I'm going to go ahead.
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Clear from this crash, we'll assist the city on Morris.
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Don't work?
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The (number withheld) male, dark complexion, dark blue, pico, and some kind of hat, had a ditching knife out of the socks.
02:17
Sorry, it's be advised.
02:18
The medics are going to stockbridge Township, 477 Oakley Road, the AFC home there for a 64-year-old male with abdominal face.
02:25
And so many. T9 to Armstrong.
02:26
First, Dr. Ramon, Potom Medical.
02:28
477 Oakley, 4077 Oakley, Crosso Waters, and the M52 is the AFC home.
02:35
64-year-old male with abdominal pain.
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So it looks like a butcher knife that he pulled out of his sock and indicated that he did have a firearm in his jacket, but none was seen.
02:46
All right, fair on it.
02:47
First back for Jamiland's on a medical, 477 Oakley, 4077 Oakley Road, Cross of Waters and M52.
02:55
It's a 64-year-old male with abdominal pain.
02:57
15 to canine.
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If you can get further, let us know.
03:01
I'm not seeing that person's lost.
03:02
Okay, he's pretty confident.
03:04
It's a... Blue pico with a brown buttons on it, with bronze buttons, sorry.
03:11
Get off the boss, he's walking westbound.
03:13
Sure, just off the bus walking westbound.
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Sanct, 22.
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22. 222.
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222. Okay, 839.
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