Man with child threatens self with gun in blue truck


A man having a mental health crisis took his six-year-old child in a blue truck and threatened to harm himself and leave the child on the roadside.
Audio|Source: Southern Idaho Regional Communications Center (SIRCOMM) Primary Dispatch
01:20
Transcript:
I have to mess. Mel's subject is the husband acting very erratic, leaving in a blue truck and he has a six-year-old that he took with them, their child. He's having a mental breakdown, headed towards second. Arby's got a pistol in the vehicle. He said he was going to go kill himself. He's got the six-year-old child with him. There's, it's a blue truck with a rack on top with a ton of stickers on the tailgate. 13[1]. Couple hundred yards from there. Copy. Just that, six, one, fourteen, show me a round as well. 1824. Take second. There's a whole bunch of deaths down there. There's a whole bunch of deaths in there. Copy. Also, he said he was going to leave the six-year-old on the side of the road and then go kill himself. Melhaff is a (name withheld). Copy. And I've got Valley pulled up for this domestic. Copy, we'll go there.
Police codes explained
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13: Related to domestic/family offense (local code may vary)
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Location mentioned:
Gooding St N, Twin Falls, ID 83301
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