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Police pursue driver threatening suicide by cop on Route 279, Rensselaer County NY

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Rensselaer County, NY

Police are pursuing a silver Ford Escape westbound on Route 279. The driver has threatened to provoke police into shooting him. Multiple agencies are involved.

Audio|Source: Rensselaer County Fire and EMS - Digital
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Zone 5 patrols, this is the other agency, Fentington Police,
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in pursuit of a silver ford escape,
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place to late linking (name withheld), 1049,
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heading westbound on Route 279 into New York.
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The measure of two, county.
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502.
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I know you got units tied up, kind of scattered everywhere. I can be available to add that way.
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Receive. It's Mr. (name withheld). He has now made threats of suicide by cops in addition to the previous issues that he had earlier.
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Receive. I'll be inured that way.

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