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Man carrying fake machete on Forest Avenue during Halloween, Cincinnati OH

Weapons

Reported: 10/27/2025 12:52 PM

Vine St & Forest Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45220

A male was reported walking down Forest Avenue carrying a machete. Officers found that the machete was fake and the man was dressed in a Halloween costume.

Audio|Source: Cincinnati Police

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Transcript:

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40-250.

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35-28 Irving.

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Report of a male walking down Forest Avenue with a machete.

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Now black 30, 2, medium-build, all-black clothing, red shoes currently at the park near that location, now walking toward Vine.

00:25

Okay, is he doing anything, Mr. Machete? Passer-by.

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Answer by reporting, and nothing mentioned.

00:35

4239. What was that you just dispatched?

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I didn't. I broadcast the male walking down Forest and Vine with a machete.

00:46

We encountered him. He just came from a Halloween party he's dressed up as Jason.

00:51

The machete's not even real.

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Vine St & Forest Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45220

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