Terminated worker armed with knife triggers alarm outside West Memphis workplace, West Memphis AR
At West Memphis workplace, a terminated employee roams outside armed with a knife and possibly a gun, prompting urgent concern from authorities.
Audio|Source: West Memphis & Marion Public Safety
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Transcript:
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295. An employee was terminated at 1100 MLK, and the subject is outside with a knife and a gun at this time due to being terminated.
00:24
The suspect's name is (name withheld).
00:27
The employer or supervisor name is Jason?
00:35
I think of your seat there any one more thing of that?
00:39
Make contact with (name withheld).
00:41
Jason is the one with the knife.
00:43
They didn't know whether he verbally stated anything.
00:47
They just say that he's outside with the knife at this time.
01:08
There you go.
01:12
Okay.
01:18
Email, correct?
01:25
Check. I was going to be tall in correct.
01:29
Okay.
01:35
Anvery machine.
01:37
Take to Nancy.
01:44
So if you got one.
01:47
It's a negative on closing description.
01:51
Do and where are we supposed to be making contact with someone to fetch?
02:01
Okay, pilot, trip, stop, make contact with (name withheld) in reference to Jason, being laid off and having a knife.
02:12
Okay, which is it dispatch? Before you said that Jason was the manager and (name withheld) was the one that was terminated.
02:23
You're going to be making contact with (name withheld) in reference to Jason.
02:27
They did not state where.
02:28
They just stated he was wandering around outside of the property.
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Location mentioned:
Martin Luther King Jr Dr, West Memphis, AR 72301
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