Disturbance involving knife reported on Orange Line, Chicago IL
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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency personnel responded to a possible disturbance involving a person reportedly armed with a knife who reboarded a train near 35th and Archer on the Orange Line in Chicago. Passengers were described as fleeing the area. Multiple calls indicated a disorderly or potentially violent individual either on the train or platform.
Audio|Heard on: CTA Rail Ops - Chicago Transit Authority
Listen to dispatch call
01:13
Transcript:
00:00
And then with (name withheld) is back on the train and he's running everybody else's train.
00:08
CA (number withheld). With.
00:16
(name withheld) back on the train, he's running everybody off the train.
00:20
Okay, he's down on the platform on the train now.
00:24
He has on his head a black coat with red and pink sleeves.
00:32
We need patrols to control an individual on the bus floor with sticks.
00:41
CA at 35th and Archer on the Orange Line, I have a to control.
00:46
I have a (number withheld).
00:50
CA at 35th and Archer on the Orange Line.
00:52
I have a to control.
00:54
I have a (number withheld).
00:59
Okay, what unit is calling control with a (number withheld)?
01:03
Okay, what unit is calling control with a (number withheld)?
01:06
Hi, at thirty-fifth and Archer, room (number withheld), head car (number withheld), alighting at Halsted.
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