Male with gun threatens self at Sanford residence, Sanford ME


Police were called to a residence near School St in Sanford where a man threatened to shoot himself with a gun and had been drinking. Officers coordinated to secure the area and shut down nearby roads for public safety.
Audio|Source: Sanford Police
02:33
Transcript:
00:00
On you a mental health call to near School St Unit A.
00:07
We have the Crateson Center advising that there's a suicidal male in the home with a gun threatening to shoot himself and has been drinking.
00:17
...whoopping?
00:22
17th Tampa, you can add me to that.
00:30
Hey,
00:35
just friends, I'll also holding an assist other at the hospital, save a patient in the waiting room refusing to leave but not actively causing a disturbance.
00:53
Eight.
00:58
Just so that you're aware, the disturbance that I was going to give out is the same thing as the welfare track of the child.
01:06
You know, why that's still there?
01:12
Copy. Thank you.
01:18
You didn't responding to school street.
01:28
This is advising that the male did say that he has a gun in his mouth needing to pull the trigger reading for an update that sounds like they have him on the line right now.
01:57
824 can you go in from the room four side we'll go in from the house outside we're just going to shut down the road for the house ever people please
02:12
Can you copy all your instructions?
02:16
Can you come in from Route 4 side of school and shut down that end and just divert people turn them around? We'll go in from the center town side and shut it down that way.
02:32
13 status.
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Location mentioned:
Near School St, Sanford, ME 04073
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