Police surround armed man at Tuscola street residence, Clearwater FL
WeaponsPolice established a perimeter around a residence near Tuscola Street and MLK Boulevard in Clearwater where a man with a history of violence and criminal charges was reported armed. Officers, supported by a police air unit with infrared capabilities, planned to use a phone call from the suspect's girlfriend to safely encourage him to exit the building for arrest.
Audio|Source: Clearwater Police - East
05:12
Transcript:
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K-1 to units getting on perimeter for this Tuskewila call.
00:03
Keep your lights blacked out the second,
00:07
if he does run, the second it gets called out on the radio, turn your lights on immediately.
00:15
What do you go ahead?
00:20
See, 132, do you want code one?
00:23
No, just Eagle when you're on site or advise when you're close by.
00:30
We just launched it only two per minute.
00:33
All right, we're sitting up for a minute now.
00:36
Just let us know when you're close by and then we'll start making a phone call.
00:41
Yeah.
00:47
1435.
00:50
Go ahead.
00:52
He said this guy is critical.
00:54
He took some type of GDL, whatever that is.
00:57
So he's one of the country's fun.
01:04
Just give me a call.
01:10
Everybody's VWC activated.
01:16
Team changes to assist, citizen please.
01:19
Step 4.
01:24
What's that?
01:27
I mean,
01:31
just waiting on the Eagle.
01:36
We're going to wait a few minutes so our IR is available and as soon as it's available.
01:42
We'll be on scene for about two and a half a mile route.
01:47
Copy.
01:48
All right, 4.28 is set.
01:55
Pine, I'm okay.
01:56
I have 108.
01:57
Copy.
01:59
All right, I copy, I'm set.
02:04
Capone, Lakeview and I'm okay?
02:08
Capone, where's set?
02:11
Van Dusen, the western entrance to Belleair Elementary on Lakeview.
02:18
Van Dusen, I'm set.
02:24
Then Lakeview in the parking lot of the school, 105.
02:30
You said 105 on set.
02:35
Then I need one more if there's available at the dead end of Pine, north of.
02:43
545 at 1.32, we'll be there.
02:47
Eagle, looking at the map of the complex where exactly are we, should I be looking at the target?
02:56
1107 Tuscola Street, it runs, the building runs east-west, on the south side of Tuskewola, east of MLK.
03:01
The door should be on the, sort of the eastern side of the building.
03:08
Copy that, so east-in-side of the building,
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facing MLK.
03:16
The door is actually going to face north.
03:18
It's the building runs, I guess, east-west, or west-east from MLK.
03:26
Got it.
03:32
3582, you're good to go with yours.
03:38
Battery charges, criminal mischief.
03:41
Subject is supposed to be armed in extensive history.
03:45
He's wearing a long sleeve,
03:48
white shirt, green jogging pants.
04:00
K-1-32, did you tell Eagle what our plan is?
04:08
Eagle, we're going to make a call from the girlfriend.
04:12
He's expecting her.
04:13
He's going to hopefully come out and meet her in the parking line.
04:21
We're about 1.2 miles out.
04:24
Fire is good, so whenever you guys are ready.
04:27
All right, but once he's out on the lot, then obviously take down Timo approach, take him to custody hopefully.
04:34
Stand by, we're going to make the phone call.
04:41
...135, that's a negative on the website as well.
04:46
Copy.
04:51
All right, you can stand by, she's on the phone with him now.
04:58
There's a door that opened on the first building, second door from the middle, someone looked at, went back in.
05:09
All right, he hung up on my complaint here.
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Location mentioned:
Near Tuscola St, Clearwater, FL 33756
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