Man with bipolar disorder has suicidal thoughts at home

Heard on: Kanawha County Public Safety

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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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(number withheld) Shaver Avenue, (number withheld) Shaver Avenue in East Bank, across from Willow Street.

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Caller requests a check will be on a (name withheld), 56 year old male.

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He's having suicidal thoughts, was talking about hanging himself.

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I've heard from him four days ago and said he does not have a working phone.

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Caller talks to him through Facebook Messenger and there are no weapons in the home.

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Yeah, we're good.

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Caller is a (name withheld), category A hazard on her.

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Trying to see people that are not there, and for the subject to be checking on, he's diagnosed bipolar, schizophrenic.

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When his obvious medication comes, suicidal and has homicidal ideations as well.

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Yeah.

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Just make you aware, medics are holding off till the patient's located and confirmed.

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Start a county medic.

2026-10-14 23:51 UTC

Medical Emergency

Shaver Ave, East Bank, WV 25067

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As discussed during the dispatch call, dispatchers received a report of a possible suicidal man at a home on Shaver Avenue in East Bank. The caller requested a welfare check on a 56-year-old man who reportedly has suicidal thoughts and has been talking about hanging himself. The caller communicates with him through a messaging app because he does not have a working phone. Medics were advised to wait until the man is located and confirmed before responding.