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Armed suspect with warrant monitored near Dollar TreeSalem OR

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Salem, OR

Police are monitoring a van near Dollar Tree linked to a suspect with an arrest warrant. The suspect is known to carry an AK-47 rifle, a handgun, and body armor, and has been confrontational with law enforcement in the past.

Audio|Source: Salem Police Dispatch
03:53
Transcript:
00:00
The vehicle that was in the messages is the van 889, for 899 Quebec, Bravo, Zulu, it's at the Safeway off Edgewater in Westfield.
00:13
Copy.
00:18
26859. 268-59.
00:22
Go ahead.
00:28
Details of what independent has going on, the previous CAD history with that subject shows that he's been armed with a rifle and body armor.
00:42
Yeah, I do not know.
00:44
Just what the message says.
00:46
It's now parked in front of the Dollar Tree area.
00:54
Further on that, if I remember correctly, it was an AK-47 rifle and he's also armed with a handgun on his hip typically.
01:05
Okay.
01:11
But I know it drove out, see it's definitely a male driver.
01:15
I don't know if it's him for sure, but the vehicle is staying on, just parked in front of the Nancy Berger's now.
01:36
All right, copy.
01:38
599 to 498 with everything that's going on, and I'll just keep eyes on it if we want to get people in the area.
01:51
I'll align the equal.
01:54
What do we have them?
01:59
Apparently, Independence has an arrest warrant for the driver.
02:04
He's known to be armed.
02:09
3-7-1-599, just keep eyes from a distance from now, please.
02:16
Yeah, I'm at a distance, I'm just watching from the parking lot.
02:20
And button in the dispatch, can we see exactly what Independence has on this thing?
02:26
This is actually cars and times three, I believe.
02:33
Hi, Your Honor, can you make us a know ahead? Yeah, BNAT.
02:37
I put you down there, you're going to head.
02:39
I'm familiar with that male in the defendants.
02:42
My friend from IDP told me that he was confrontational with law enforcement with an AK-47 in his hand, so...
02:47
Yes, I'm only.
02:49
Was that tonight?
02:52
You have those if you reach back.
02:57
599, I have you on Independence Cat.
03:01
Stand by. 599, do you want a separate cat on an AOA? Just go up Rosemar so that way he doesn't see how much cops coming.
03:11
Dispatch break 599. Do you want a separate CAD?
03:15
They're filling me in. They've got pretty good intel on their history with this guy.
03:20
Armed the AK-47 body armor.
03:23
And this was a former deal where the Independence tried to fight him.
03:34
At 371,
03:36
we're not doing anything with this yet.
03:45
30371.
03:50
I'm calling you now.
03:53
Three.

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