Man threatened tow driver with knife and hammer, Charlotte NC
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WeaponsAs discussed during the dispatch call, police responded to a disturbance near East Arrowwood Road where a tow truck driver reported that a man threatened him with a knife and hit him with a hammer while trying to remove a boot from a vehicle parked in a fire lane. The suspect fled the scene in a white Kia with a South Carolina tag.
Audio|Heard on: Mecklenburg NC Law Dispatch Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
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Transcript:
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Officer is calling it to near East Arrowwood by Arrowwood, no injury.
00:07
It says see the tow truck driver reference have a problem with a male wearing a white hoodie and blue sweatpants.
00:15
Said he at one point pulled a knife out his pants and then put it back away.
00:22
Blanket from towing his vehicle.
00:26
Said the subject's vehicle is in a fire lane, keeps trying to take the boot off the vehicle.
00:31
It's a white Kia.
00:35
Complaint is supposed to be in a white tow truck.
00:38
Said it was the subject that hit him with a hammer.
00:43
It's got a South Carolina tag on it.
00:47
Okay, said he removed the boot and is leaving Turner onto.
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to Arrowwood.
00:52
It was South Carolina registration, (number withheld).
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
E Arrowood Rd, Charlotte, NC 28217
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