Woman with hammer reported near umass lowell campus, Lowell MA
Medical EmergencyPolice responded to reports of a woman near UMass Lowell campus possibly experiencing a mental health crisis. Witnesses saw her carrying a hammer and moving near Riverview Suites and a footbridge by Marginal Street. Officers searched the area but did not find her.
Audio|Source: Lowell Police Department
04:54
Transcript:
00:00
Rwanda was a passerby, I called UMass directly, said he was out on Farnham Ave in front of the hospital.
00:05
Foot, on bike, anything?
00:07
I don't foot. Who's up behind me, if you want to take a left here, go that way, I'll put on my other one.
00:11
Okay. Hey.
00:12
I'm off on the lower now.
00:13
He's not going to be outside.
00:14
Great, can you repeat? I'm in the area of near Gorham St now.
00:16
Is that female supposed to be outside, not seeing anybody or anything?
00:18
Yeah, she was calling on herself.
00:20
She told my partner that she, uh, she had a hammer.
00:23
It was very...
00:24
See, you call us? You can stay from the Coney Square.
00:29
All right, come down at near Gorham, Squorum in Middlesex, Carate, the mental health issue.
00:36
Cut.
00:37
Which will we possibly have the...
00:38
The direction, travel.
00:39
Negative.
00:40
All right, there's a bunch of us over here right now.
00:42
The hospital campus seems clear we're going to stop branching out and check like the boulevade.
00:48
Right.
00:49
What's at? Vonimav Freya.
00:52
Also, the units in the area, Riverview Suites, a party inside the building thinks they just saw the mail again.
00:59
No firearm this time.
01:00
He was walking on the trail behind the building underneath, going underneath the footbridge, heading towards marginal street.
01:07
That's important respect.
01:08
You copy, Lowell. Affirmative, we received that call and it was forwarded, that information was forwarded to the Wool PD.
01:15
With regard, we did not receive the call regarding the Riverview, it was a previous call.
01:24
We do copy all.
01:25
On 37, there's batch.
01:26
I'm back then now I don't see him.
01:28
I'll be check of the area. Copy.
01:29
I'm back myself and a couple other units have that way.
01:34
I'll tell you some of this batch and copy.
01:35
No, affirmative.
01:36
They have a mail in the area of Riverview States.
01:38
I'm back then now, I'm checking.
01:40
Nothing's, nothing's shown.
01:41
Negative. Not at this time.
01:42
It sounds like Lowell is responding.
01:43
All right, probably.
01:47
The protective is secure.
01:48
I'll head back out front.
01:49
Okay, we're behind the dorms over here, right near the footbridge.
01:54
We don't see anybody walking any updates.
01:56
Well, we don't have the caller anymore.
01:57
When I gave it out, it probably had a minute or two on it.
01:59
He was heading towards marginal street.
02:01
Ski mask, light-colored shirt, had a backpack.
02:03
Okay, was he on the tracks or just on the path here, right behind the dorms?
02:08
He was on the tracks going underneath the footbridge.
02:12
Okay, we're on the path, yeah.
02:14
And then how wrong between the call?
02:16
He was running inbound from Frida Lane on Varnham.
02:20
It was just a couple of minutes of the pass-by.
02:22
All right. We didn't see him coming out here.
02:24
We'll keep track.
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Location mentioned:
Near Middlesex St, Lowell, MA 01851
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