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Man displays gun butt at laundromat, flees in vanColumbus OH

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Near N High St, Columbus, OH 43202

Police responded to a report at Blue Bubble Express Laundromat near North High of a man showing the butt of a gun to a victim. The suspect then fled south in a blue minivan with a license plate number withheld.

Audio|Source: Columbus Police Zone 4 Far Northwest
04:35
Transcript:
00:00
That's for if you could copy the 42[3] at Blue Bubble Express Laundromat, near North High.
00:04
Mel just screaming, he's getting a lob, and he has a gun, not giving much information, is male (race withheld), no white.
00:11
Okay, copy.
00:14
There's four copy, mails.
00:17
Okay, so many, put us on a place.
00:19
Happy.
00:25
Four clear one there you have me? Happy.
00:33
S17, I'm assuming chopper is down, correct?
00:38
Dave, I can't earphone.
00:41
Black quadahilliport alcohol.
00:47
Cars on the 42[3],
00:50
the specific vehicle is, have a tag, Queen King John (number withheld), just left south down on High Street, the blue minivan.
00:59
That's more copy.
01:00
Is Clive Center monitoring this?
01:04
Any RTCC to Channel 4, please, R2CC, Channel 4? Crime to Channel 4.
01:13
Are you able to check in the area of near North High for that vehicle?
01:19
It's a white, I'm sorry, a blue minivan with Queen King John (number withheld) tag.
01:26
Copy, we'll take a look.
01:28
Thank you.
01:33
Tarzan, the 42[3], the victim's going to be waiting at high in East Oakland.
01:39
Sorry, repeat.
01:42
The victim out of the 42[3] is going to be waiting on high in Oakland.
01:48
30 copy. I'm at the lodger mat now.
01:50
Copy.
01:55
Good name, we're here with 30.
01:58
I, copy.
02:01
Crime Center, Channel 4.
02:04
Crime Center, go ahead.
02:10
Just seeing the update at 418 that the suspect drove past the caller, were they still continuing south down on high?
02:19
I don't think that the suspect drove past the caller, I think they were talking about the officers because they arrived on them.
02:30
178, we're still up this cord here, quick not word to the titles.
02:34
178, one more time I'm sorry.
02:38
We're trying to get down to the Colorado Oakland.
02:41
Okay, I copy.
02:43
2.1.
02:49
3-2.
02:52
Ending mileage is 5.18.
02:56
I copy service 42[3]1 p.m.
03:03
The radio.
03:07
What?
03:11
Where was the vehicle watching?
03:17
We just left Southbound on High Street.
03:21
There you go.
03:27
That's for anybody have an update.
03:29
This is out of 49A[2].
03:35
As far as whoever's talking to the victim,
03:38
is this out of 49A[2] and just some comments that possibly out of 49A.
03:44
As far, I don't think that 178 got through yet, he said he was on his way to high in Oakland.
03:50
30, we're speaking with a victim right now.
03:52
Never mind.
03:57
7-2
04:02
172 Headed to the laundromats, see if they have cameras Happy
04:12
17 can 30 tell us if the 33[1] was involved in FP make the most to prosecute please
04:22
Victims saying that a 33[1] was implied and that the suspect showed him the butt of the gun.
04:32
Is it out of 49 a any? That's all there's a comment about that.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
33: Emergency radio traffic only; restricts non-essential communication due to a critical or dangerous situation.
[2]
49A: Unknown/agency-specific code (context suggests a subject in crisis/in the roadway)
[3]
42: Robbery (hold-up) alarm

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