Man reportedly tries to set train seat on fire

Heard on: Cleveland OH Law Dispatch

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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That call you gave at East 55, is the train, is he on the train, and the train is holding or is he on the platform?

00:06

He's on the platform, sitting on the platform now.

00:09

He was on his train 300 and thirty-three, attempting to set his seat on fire.

00:14

But he's on the platform, not on the platform, in the waiting area.

00:21

I'll be around from Ridge and Brookpark.

00:24

Copy that. Very still.

00:26

Time is 1301 .

00:27

Copy at 1306.

00:30

968, radio, I'm out.

00:32

What was the description of that male?

00:35

African American male, early 20s, (description withheld) and (description withheld).

00:40

I'm relayed there's no damage to the train.

00:43

932 is out.

00:49

65, I only see one person on the platform right now.

00:52

I don't know if you're at the top.

00:55

This person has on pants and a tan coat.

00:59

Not that we saw, but we're playing it back.

2026-11-07 18:00 UTC

Fire

E 55th St, Cleveland, OH

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As discussed during the dispatch call, officers responded to a report of a man on a train platform near East 55th Street who was reportedly trying to set a train seat on fire. The man was described as an adult male in his early 20s. No apparent damage to the train was reported.