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Man waving object mistaken for gun on Peters Creek Parkway, Winston Salem NC

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Peters Creek Pkwy, Winston-Salem, NC

A man was seen standing in the median of Peters Creek Parkway near Pallas Creek waving an object that appeared to be a gun. Police later found a man in the area wearing a black hooded jacket and carrying a backpack. The object he was holding may have been mistaken for a gun.

Audio|Source: Winston-Salem Police Dispatch
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Transcript:
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Subject with a gun, Peters Creek at Pallas Creek, Peters Creek at Pallas Creek,
00:03
Blackmail, possibly going on a grid jacket with a hood standing in the median waving a gun out of the vehicle.
00:10
It's a good one.
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Follows record.
00:17
Cool, Mr. Smith, Mr.
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Mr.
00:23
Smith, Pierskriek and South Creek respond to create respond codes here.
00:25
I don't say anybody in the median.
00:28
Thirty-three twelve is in the area.
00:33
Two-more. Twenty-three.
00:36
Two-four.
00:42
Patterson and fifth.
00:43
It's a white-and-color, Fort Explorer.
00:45
Two-four. Two-four.
00:51
I'll see in the area with a black jacket on and I believe it was like pink pants.
00:58
It's over there by, um,
01:01
close to flow and BMW dealership.
01:09
I'm UL outside of Speedway, but I'll head that way.
01:18
I'm about to turn around.
01:19
I barely saw her my goals passing by.
01:28
They didn't mention any other details, such as a backpack or anything else, correct?
01:35
10-10 and they weren't even sure that it was actually a gray jacket.
01:38
All they know is that it was a jacket with a hood.
01:49
15 to 12. I just spoke with the blackmail near the subway on Peters Creek.
01:54
He's got a black jacket with a hood and a backpack.
01:58
He's holding a bag and some sunglasses right.
02:01
I'm not sure if possibly mistaken that for a gun.

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Peters Creek Pkwy, Winston-Salem, NC

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