Man armed with knife threatens self-harm during crisis, Fresno County CA


A man experiencing a mental health crisis threatened to harm himself while armed with a knife. He broke the knife on a door but caused no injuries. A caregiver and a child were present during the incident. Emergency services are responding to the situation.
Audio|Source: Clovis Area Law Enforcement
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Transcript:
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Good. And he device you have a zero holding. I went citywide, no units so far. I'll try again. Male is feeling that he has firearms and that.
00:07
We should shoot him. He's saying the RP is saying that he doesn't have any firearms. He has a knife though that he is armed with. He was attempting to split his wrist.
00:18
There's a caregiver there as well. They have a five-year-old child outside right now.
00:23
And last update was that the mail broke the knife on the door, no injuries he's from bad of, um, he's going to enter a manic episode.
00:31
EMS is staging.
00:35
Oh. Oh. Ah.
00:39
Oh. Oh. Okay. Okay.
00:41
Tell me to zero. Uh.
00:51
Copy. Last of Pittman versus Charles, again, he's possibly armed,
00:56
and he did mention that we better shoot him. The last update was that he broke the knife on the door. EMS is staging RP is advising. There's no injuries.
01:06
He is combative and he has a lighter shaped, a lighter shaped gun in his hand.
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