Possible break-in reported at vacant building on East Broad, Columbus OH
BurglaryPolice responded to a report of a possible break-in at a vacant building near East Broad Street in Columbus. A construction worker found a side door busted open and believed people were inside. Officers cleared the first floor and began searching the upper levels while setting up a perimeter.
Audio|Source: Columbus Police Dispatch - Zone 5
02:53
Transcript:
00:00
We're getting this as a tent 8 at near East Broad.
00:03
Caller just got to work.
00:04
A set of years people inside still in copper.
00:07
Caller would be waiting in the back of the building on foot, but its vehicle is a green Honda CRV that is parked on Broad in the bike lane.
00:16
So whoever's inside is upstairs.
00:19
It is a vacant building and caller is here to do construction.
00:22
I guess it should be more of an 8B.
00:28
24 copies.
00:35
The caller was working in the basement and said he then noticed one of the side doors was also busted.
00:42
Doing that with 121 and 124?
00:46
201 and 124?
00:49
Or 120, were you trying to mark?
00:53
Yeah, on the route.
00:59
Caller is described as a male black wearing glasses, black sweatshirt, and gray sweatpants.
01:08
Looks all that looks clear.
01:11
Okay.
01:19
Hey, what kind of...
01:20
Is a car in there or my gun?
01:24
No, the car is on Broad Street.
01:26
There's a Honda green at Furby.
01:32
Okay, one two four is down the front.
01:36
I got me.
01:42
625. 625.
01:45
I go to A.
01:51
1.20, you have other cars responded.
01:53
There's two of us here now.
01:57
120, I've got two other cars in route.
02:01
All right, we have multiple staircases going up.
02:05
We'll need a couple more cars to help you to search.
02:07
Okay, 114 and 112 if you could head over there.
02:14
That's all I can do.
02:17
Copy.
02:19
I'm sorry. Okay.
02:22
That's 12 week and mark me on my name.
02:25
Copy.
02:31
Two cars put in.
02:33
We don't know how they got into the building too, so we can get two cars on the perimeter as well.
02:42
The witness or victim or whatever said that he had rid of upstairs, so we had not made it upstairs yet, we've cleared the first floor.
02:49
Okay, it sounds like the side door is where they might have made entry because that one's busted.
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Location mentioned:
Near E Broad St, Columbus, OH 43205
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