Man threatens self with gun in Beckley home, Beckley WV
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, law enforcement and emergency responders were dispatched to a home near Virginia Street in Beckley for a 22-year-old man who was reportedly suicidal after drinking. According to a caller, he had held a gun to his head earlier, but his mother took it away. Family members were inside the house at the time. The man refused medical assistance and threatened to fight responders. No violence had occurred yet when units arrived.
Audio|Heard on: Raleigh County Public Safety
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03:12
Transcript:
00:00
Raleigh control pager (number withheld) respond.
00:03
Stage in the area near Virginia Street in Beckley.
00:07
22-year-old male, mental emotional.
00:10
Law enforcement's being dispatched.
00:11
Repeating (number withheld) respond and stage in the area near Virginia Street, Beckley.
00:17
413.
00:23
Two hundred and 16 heavy EMS staging in the area near Virginia Street Beckley.
00:28
Caller advises that her 22-year-old son, suicidal, had a gun to his head a little earlier, but she took it from him.
00:36
He has been drinking.
00:39
Possibly has PTSD.
00:54
Family, the girlfriend and the mother are inside the house with him.
02:08
We're staging at Blackberry Pharmacy.
02:20
Negative. He's not willing to go with EMS, and he's also saying that you'll have to fight me.
03:06
Caller states that he's not been violent with anyone in the house, but we can hear the male in the background saying he's about to.
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Location mentioned:
Virginia St, Beckley, WV 25801
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