Man threatens armed shootout at veterans housing, Batavia NY
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A man threatened to shoot law enforcement at a veterans housing facility in Batavia after saying he would get firearms from a storage location and return for a shootout.
Audio|Heard on: New York State Thruway Authority - Buffalo Division
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Transcript:
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Headquarters to patrols, BOLO for forward of registration, (number withheld), a black 2024 Toyota Tundra.
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Operators (name withheld), date of birth (number withheld),
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1962, the subject made suicide by cop statements to a staff at a homeless veteran's housing facility near West Main Street Road, Town of Batavia.
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Subject stated was going to an off-site storage facility, obtain 30 firearms, and return to the housing facility to engage in a shootout with law enforcement.
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Headquarters to old patrols, BOLO for (number withheld), a black 2024 Toyota Tundra.
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Subject (name withheld), date of birth,
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(number withheld),
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may suicide by cop statements at a homeless veteran housing facility near West Main Street Road, Town of Batavia.
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Subject indicated he was going to a...
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storage facility obtain 30 firearms and return to the housing facility to engage in a shootout with law enforcement.
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Staying by to acknowledge dispatch.
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