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Man threatens suicide by cop in Long BeachLong Beach CA

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Magnolia Ave, Long Beach, CA 90806

As discussed during the dispatch call, police responded to a report near Magnolia Avenue in Long Beach of an individual threatening to provoke officers with a knife in an apparent attempt at suicide by cop. Mental health professionals were coordinating with officers at the scene.

Audio|Heard on: Long Beach Police Dispatch
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03:0
Transcript:
00:00
Three, if I can get a unit to back.
00:01
He says he wants to get (number withheld) and suicide by cop.
00:04
Says he's going to charge at them with a knife.
00:07
He's known to open the door with a knife.
00:10
Unknown on firearms.
00:11
We have a male individual.
00:13
He's in simple as in McCall freeze.
00:14
Nine hundred and eleven, I put this on your screen.
00:18
Seven hundred and eleven, you can put me on it.
00:21
Copy ninety-one, I copy your road as well.
00:28
Yeah, (name withheld) two, almost ninety-seven on the says fire on First Street.
00:34
All right, (name withheld), looks like an overdose on the platform (number withheld).
00:37
What's First?
00:43
(name withheld), male, conscious breathing, approximately in his forties.
00:47
He's saying he took meth, doesn't feel well.
00:51
Copy.
00:56
One hundred and ninety-seven in the area.
00:59
Ninety-one, I copy.
01:01
Mental health should be on scene as well.
01:06
Four hundred and thirty-eight, have you reports of Agawamon, near Alameda? No way he comes further.
01:12
Do one. I'm going to wait for another unit, and I'm going to contact them in a house.
01:17
Copy.
01:24
(number withheld) on Cedar.
01:28
One.
01:29
Thank you, one.
01:30
I copy.
01:35
A park on Balfour.
01:42
Through rescue one.
01:44
Q1, I copy.
01:50
(number withheld).
01:57
Four seven-eleven.
01:58
Do we have any priors with this individual or this address?
02:04
Seven eleven. Let me check what I have.
02:10
Twenty two, you can (number withheld) unless you had traffic for me.
02:22
Ninety one.
02:23
Do we have another unit that might be available?
02:30
And copy Artesia west of the boulevard.
02:34
Any mental health unit on this there?
02:40
Looks like the mental health units are tied up.
02:47
Ninety-one, just an update for the sergeant.
02:50
I'm going to grab the (number withheld).
02:52
We're still formulating a plan and talking to the counselor to confirm about the suicide by cop.

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Magnolia Ave, Long Beach, CA 90806

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