Man reported suicidal and possibly armed near Woodlawn Ave, Beckley WV
Medical EmergencyLaw enforcement was dispatched to near Woodlawn Avenue in Beckley after a report of a man who said he would commit suicide at the nearby cliffs. The man was reportedly drinking and possibly armed. He was last seen on foot wearing a checkered flannel shirt, blue jeans, a dark ball cap, and a Carhartt jacket. His mother had taken his car keys.
Audio|Source: Raleigh County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Have requests to check the welfare.
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It's going to be the near Woodlawn Avenue and Beckley.
00:05
Caller advised that (name withheld) told her about 15 minutes ago he was going to commit suicide at the cliffs near Woodlawn Avenue.
00:13
It's going to be behind those apartments.
00:15
They did advise he'd been drinking and is most likely armed.
00:19
They were able to provide a cell phone number for him, but no service provider.
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Copy.
00:29
243, you back?
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205. 205.
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205.
00:45
This calls went on.
00:49
It was a friend of the caller.
00:51
Their name's going to be (name withheld).
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Copy.
01:00
Can you call her back if she knows what his actual address is?
01:05
Copy.
01:11
Control 248.
01:15
248? 248. Yes, sir.
01:18
Copy.
01:21
Just hang tight there just for a minute.
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I'm coming at woodlong.
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Two four.
01:31
Control. Control.
01:44
Copy.
01:51
Control 151.
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151. You can log me on duty and show me in the end of the end of five.
02:02
Copy, 634.
02:06
Control 126.
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126.
02:11
On duty, busy and Rep Liberty High School.
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Copy 634.
02:23
Draw 152.
02:26
152. You draw to 139 scored?
02:31
Copy.
02:40
Two of a five control.
02:48
The caller advised that the male lives at the Wildwood House Apartments on third floor with his mother.
02:55
They did advise that he would be in a two-tone checkered flannel shirt with blue jeans,
03:01
a black or dark blue ball cap, and a Carhart jacket.
03:05
He advised...
03:07
They advised the mother had taken the subject's car away so he would have to be on foot, but he told her he was at the location there in the initial dispatch.
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Location mentioned:
Woodlawn Ave, Beckley, WV 25801
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