Man threatens with handgun and tries to set vehicle on fire, Morgantown WV


A man is at a residence threatening others with a handgun. He has also made threats to burn a vehicle and appears to be intoxicated. Police are responding as he moves in and out of the house and is last seen leaving in a black vehicle.
Audio|Source: Monongalia County Law Enforcement
03:11
Transcript:
131, you have a backup, didstis dispute 119 Meadow Ridge Drive break? Good. Callers saying they have a male on scene threatening everyone with a firearm, believes it's a handgun. It's going to be a (name withheld) police subject. We're still getting further. Second. Is that over in front? No one place. I'm starting it with a cross of Chestnut Ridge Road. The best access will be the 7.05 area. 119 Meadow Ridge Drive. That should be the area of Orchard Crossing and the Meadow Ridge Town Halls. 145-12. 39 in-round. 139 in route, 8190. 23 in route, 1908. 123 in route, 1908. Maga 144, clear out welfare check dash one, show me in route. You read by the address. Straighten route, 190.108-119 Meadow Ridge Drive off Chestnut Ridge Road. Yep. It's around the Meadow Ridge Drive. They're advising the male threatening to set the caller's vehicle on fire. They believe he may have been drinking today. The caller and a friend are waiting outside away from the male. They advise him as a (name withheld), brown hair, blue eyes. 5 foot 9 last seen wearing a black t-shirt and shorts. Okay, they see a firearm on his person at all. We just received further. They stated he was making the threats. The caller's friend states it's in his pocket. It should be a black and (number withheld) handgun. They bought these now came back outside the house at this time. We're still in the line with him. They were... Dancing around the Meadow Ridge Drive, we have no history with the (name withheld) just showing traffic stops. There we... 136, something that was the description of him again. 139, or question 136, your volume was low, can you repeat? What's his description? (name withheld), brown hair, blue eyes, five foot nine. He's wearing a black t-shirt and shorts. They stated the male, went back at the house, and came back out again. He should be getting into a black (number withheld), and he buys is leaving. We're trying to get a direction travel.
131, you have a backup, didstis dispute 119 Meadow Ridge Drive break? Good. Callers saying they have a male on scene threatening everyone with a firearm, believes it's a handgun. It's going to be a (name withheld) police subject. We're still getting further. Second. Is that over in front? No one place. I'm starting it with a cross of Chestnut Ridge Road. The best access will be the 7.05 area. 119 Meadow Ridge Drive. That should be the area of Orchard Crossing and the Meadow Ridge Town Halls. 145-12. 39 in-round. 139 in route, 8190. 23 in route, 1908. 123 in route, 1908. Maga 144, clear out welfare check dash one, show me in route. You read by the address. Straighten route, 190.108-119 Meadow Ridge Drive off Chestnut Ridge Road. Yep. It's around the Meadow Ridge Drive. They're advising the male threatening to set the caller's vehicle on fire. They believe he may have been drinking today. The caller and a friend are waiting outside away from the male. They advise him as a (name withheld), brown hair, blue eyes. 5 foot 9 last seen wearing a black t-shirt and shorts. Okay, they see a firearm on his person at all. We just received further. They stated he was making the threats. The caller's friend states it's in his pocket. It should be a black and (number withheld) handgun. They bought these now came back outside the house at this time. We're still in the line with him. They were... Dancing around the Meadow Ridge Drive, we have no history with the (name withheld) just showing traffic stops. There we... 136, something that was the description of him again. 139, or question 136, your volume was low, can you repeat? What's his description? (name withheld), brown hair, blue eyes, five foot nine. He's wearing a black t-shirt and shorts. They stated the male, went back at the house, and came back out again. He should be getting into a black (number withheld), and he buys is leaving. We're trying to get a direction travel.
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Location mentioned:
Near Meadow Ridge Dr, Morgantown, WV 26505
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