Father with weapon reported at bus stop threatening children, Whitman County WA


A grandparent reported that a father armed with a weapon was waiting at a bus stop near Cass Road and Shoals Road. There are concerns for children's safety because the father allegedly assaulted one child. He may arrive in a gray minivan. Multiple parties have reported this threat.
Audio|Source: Whitman County North Fire and Law Steptoe North
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Transcript:
00:00
Getting information there's a possible suspect with a weapon waiting at the bus stop at this location.
00:06
We have a grandparent who just stopped to get kids and said their dad had a weapon and was waiting at the bus stop also.
00:24
The fact's a possible (name withheld).
00:28
Apparently he normally stops there within the next 10 minutes.
00:31
He could be driving a minivan with the third party information.
00:39
What is the threatening part of this?
00:47
I know why he's going to have a weapon, but there's concern that the parent is going to show up at that location with a weapon.
00:54
There's grandparents involved in kids, I'm not sure for the exact correlation between it all.
01:01
Can you open the air and can you run that mail?
01:16
Debtel Paul and I'll be en route from Arloot dip.
01:25
(number withheld).
01:27
File 15. 15.
01:33
Stepto.
01:43
We have another caller online.
01:46
My partner's taking a call from a grandparent saying that one of the involved children was beat up by the father.
01:52
They're declining an ambulance for her.
01:54
So a possible domestic has occurred.
01:59
And the father is coming from a different location? Do we know what he's driving?
02:07
My information is the father was possibly driving a gray minivan and was going to be at that bus stop location in the next 10 minutes if it's his normal behavior also.
02:20
The kid that was allegedly beat up at the bus stop?
02:26
The kid that's normal is the person, the kid that's alleged to get up is a woman at this time.
02:33
Not sure how the firearm plays into this.
02:37
My partner talks about four of the grandparents.
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Whitman County, WA
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