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Battery call leads to response near 79th and AshlandChicago IL

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audio iconAssault
W 79th St & Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60620

As discussed during the dispatch call, officers responded to a possible battery in progress near 79th Street and Ashland Avenue in Chicago. Multiple police units were dispatched after a unit was flagged down. The situation appears to have involved a disturbance at a nearby store, including a reportedly irate individual and a separate mention of an open door and alarm. The situation was later slowed down and non-essential units were told to disregard.

Audio|Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 08
Listen to dispatch call
02:1
Transcript:
00:00
I got an unrelated battery in progress near 79th and Ashland.
00:05
79th and Ashland, battery in progress.
00:08
Unit 614 was flagged down.
00:09
Any other units near 79th and Ashland?
00:16
Anybody want to stop by 79th and Ashland? You can head that way with 614.
00:24
Unit 16 Adams on the way.
00:30
Other units in the area, 79th and Ashland, advise.
00:33
Unit 634.
00:34
I am at the station.
00:35
I can head that way.
00:36
All right, 14.
00:39
I got units on the way.
00:40
Let me know if you are okay.
00:49
Use caution.
00:51
Use caution.
00:52
Twelve, let me know if you are close as well.
00:54
Fourteen, we got units on the way.
00:55
Let me know if you are okay.
01:02
First unit on scene, 79th and Ashland box.
01:06
Not at, we are.
01:09
We got some units with them.
01:11
I can slow it down, correct?
01:17
Unit 632.
01:21
Unit 630.
01:24
I have sent a couple of units your way.
01:25
Unit 712, we say seven.
01:27
That'll be a disturbance.
01:28
There is an irate female at a store near the location.
01:31
Female wearing gray jogging pants.
01:36
And a person has an open door.
01:38
The alarm sounded earlier.
01:39
Unit 22 was there, but when we called back they didn't answer.
01:42
Somebody in the building heard an alarm earlier this morning.
01:44
Fire responded.
01:47
All right, if you're instead over on Ashland, we can slow it down.
01:50
You guys are good, correct?
01:52
Yeah, slow it down.
01:53
Yeah, slow it down.
01:54
Will please disregard, disregard.
01:57
If you're not on scene, disregard, disregard.
01:59
79th and Ashland, disregard.

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W 79th St & Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60620

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