Domestic disturbance with weapons and injured family member, Spokane Valley WA
A father threatened to shoot and was armed with a machete and a firearm kept in a safe during a domestic disturbance involving parents and a child. The mother was injured with wounds to her head and hand. Police are negotiating with the father and managing the scene with restricted radio channels.
Audio|Source: Spokane City Law Enforcement
02:25
Transcript:
00:00
Also, we still have the complaint on the line.
00:01
She says that mom and dad are still in the house, dad's in the kitchen, mom's in the bedroom with her.
00:09
Not really able to speak with mom though.
00:13
Also note that dad does have a machete and a gun that's in a safe.
00:22
Copy, we're not hearing or seeing anything.
00:26
Two more seconds.
00:28
Go ahead.
00:30
Could it be the building to the east? There's letters on these units and there's letter G right on the front.
00:41
I'm checking to see the cell phone data statement.
00:48
And that looks about right.
00:50
It looks like the second building here, the one to the east.
00:56
The north end is what I have.
01:02
Do we have one on the back? He's on the back.
01:04
He's uncompliant right now.
01:06
Yeah, the channel's going to be restricted.
01:08
246. He made a comment before he went inside that if I shine my light at him again, he was going to shoot me.
01:15
Chevy?
01:20
In 4-4, with the child on the phone, is she able to get the phone or mom or anything like that? Our channel is going to be restricted.
01:28
We'll see. We still have on the line and we're hearing that the male saying that you're going to get shot or something similar to that.
01:35
He's yelling in the background.
01:37
4-2-0, bring your car around front.
01:46
246, can we get one or two more units and can they go to the back of this building?
01:52
623, K9 and I are on our way.
01:58
246, you is it dark green skin male, maybe Pacific Islander?
02:07
We're trying to talk to mom.
02:09
The six-year-old says that she's really hurt and has a head and hand injury.
02:18
Can we get mom on the phone so we can confirm some of this and we're not talking to a six-year-old?
02:24
We're trying.
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Spokane Valley, WA 99016
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