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Man at gas station seeks help for mental health crisisEssex County MA

audio iconMedical Emergency
S Main St, Massachusetts

A man at a Shell gas station on South Main Street is experiencing a mental health crisis and has expressed thoughts of self-harm. He wants to go to the hospital for help. His brother, who works at the station, was present. The gas station employees were unaware of the situation before responders arrived.

Audio|Source: Reading Police & Fire Dispatch
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Transcript:
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They received a call from the Shell Station, Maynard Hockins.
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Here we're looking to speak with (name withheld), who called them, stating that he felt unsafe.
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I guess he's there with his brother, (name withheld), who's an employee.
00:19
(Name withheld) does have some mental illness.
00:24
Northwritic doesn't seem like there's a big incident going on, just has a mental illness and trying to go home for the evening.
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9-6 shredding
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9-6
00:44
I'll be going out at Shell Station on South Main
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Reaches And 96,
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we were able to locate, (name withheld), we don't have anything on (name withheld)
01:00
Receive.
01:08
Recease 9-6.
01:11
Right, just be primary. It's a shell station on South Main. The employees here know nothing of what's going on.
01:21
Right,
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no threating state. There was a shell station made at Hopkins.
01:32
Reese, I'm currently here. The employees here know nothing of that call being placed.
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Briefing.
01:48
And 950, just to confirm, are those parties present there?
01:57
Speaking to the employees now, just trying to straighten everything out here, but as if right now, they know of no call being placed.
02:09
916.
02:13
960.
02:17
If neither of those two are at the man at Hopkins Shell, do you mind just to cover us? Just check the Cidco made it south and just see if they had the wrong gas station.
02:29
Reese, they have an individual working up to me now.
02:36
96th Reading.
02:39
96. Lori,
02:42
if you could start the FDA here,
02:45
speaking to a (name withheld) 1-7190,
02:49
the state that he wants to go to the hospital, as he's thinking of self-harm.

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