Man attempts self-harm in traffic near fire station


A man told fire station staff he wanted to harm himself and then walked into traffic. Police and emergency medical teams were called to assist.
Audio|Source: Norfolk City Fire and EMS Dispatch
02:17
Transcript:
Engine 6, over. Engine 6, go ahead. Can you have PD response to station 6? So we had a gentleman walk up, said he wanted to commit suicide. He's now standing in the middle of the street trying to get hit. All, copy. If you would place engine 6, medic 6 on a message for psychiatric, and I'll switch over to Tech 2 and give you a description. Copy. I'm putting in a message now. New Jersey is on text, too. Copy and Gen 6, go ahead with the description. Black male appears to be about 5'10. His pants and black jeans and white shoes. He is walking southbound on Collie towards Reynolds. And he is in traffic? Correct, he is. I'll see. We at 1841. That's not the cold. Ingen 9, Ladder 9, you can clear. Ingen 6, over. Ingen 6, go ahead. And he's now traveling westbound on Burlington towards Hampton Boulevard. Hi, copy. They're pretty inundated over there, but I'll let him know. There we copy. He's gone out of our field division at this time. Hi, copy, sir. Medi6 responding. Copy medic 6 at 1843. Medi 6 over. Medic 6, go ahead. Yes, we're going to stage at the station to PDCS to come in. I'll copy.
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Norfolk, VA
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