Teen threatens with knives and damages vehicles outside home, Mason City IA

Weapons

Reported: 10/27/2025 05:37 PM

Near 4th St NE, Mason City, IA 50401

Police responded to a 17-year-old male threatening people with knives outside a residence near 4th Street Northeast. The individual was throwing knives and damaging vehicles in the area. Several people were involved and heard arguing and screaming at the scene. The female on the phone refused to separate from the juvenile during the incident.

Audio|Source: Cerro Gordo County Sheriff, Mason City Police and Fire

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Transcript:

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He just our head towards near 4th Street Northeast, near 4th Street Northeast.

00:05

Call reports your 17-year-old pun has knives on him and he's threatening everyone with them. I'll get you another part soon as I can. 4-6.

00:17

2785.

00:21

2785.

00:26

Two.

00:31

I'm sorry. I was on a different channel. Can you repeat your traffic?

00:35

How many of us are going to the 4th Street call? One or two?

00:39

I have two. I was just going to see if he needed 47 to send him another one, because I'm not sure how many knives he has. It sounds like he felt so threatening to harm himself, plus heritating himself inside the house.

00:52

I understand he's on this route.

00:56

Come on.

01:00

This is right, sir.

01:04

30.

01:08

I'm gonna just deploy with list two.

01:13

We can still have them on the line. It sounds like he's now throwing the knives around.

01:20

He's outside, it sounds like, from what we're getting from our caller, he's also damaging vehicles out there too.

01:31

Responding to Fort Northeast,

01:33

female on the phone is refusing to separate it from the juvenile.

01:37

So all we can hear is just arguing and screaming.

01:39

Sounds like there are several people screaming now. I'm sure how many people are there.

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Near 4th St NE, Mason City, IA 50401

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