Suspect flees on foot after traffic stop in Mason City, Mason City IA

Traffic

Reported: 11/8/2025 11:32 PM

Near S Jackson Ave, Mason City, IA 50401

After a traffic stop near 6th Street Southwest and South Jackson Avenue in Mason City, a suspect fled on foot. Multiple officers are searching the area, and the suspect may have entered a building near 633 South Jackson Avenue.

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

03:26

Transcript:

00:00

Your following is for anyone running on foot.

00:03

Eastbound from my mock location, white male black sweatshers.

00:10

Cover.

00:15

2735.

00:17

Can you run clean boy George 235, QBG,

00:22

235.

00:25

And the R.O.

00:29

Say mic.

00:34

The attack channel?

00:40

I was in the area.

00:41

We have ISP on South Jackson with a subject running on Fort.

00:44

We're getting a tack channel now.

00:50

Do we know where on South Jackson?

00:53

Near 6th Street Southwest and South Jackson Avenue, sorry.

00:56

I'll be called three.

01:00

Ten, four.

01:03

This is left up Jackson Avenue.

01:07

A white mare wearing black.

01:09

Looks like.

01:14

Go ahead.

01:19

Everyone to the south.

01:33

Do we have a description?

01:40

White Mill, all black, eastbound from location of near 6th Street Southwest South Jackson.

01:47

Okay,

01:49

okay.

01:53

This dash 35 in the area.

02:02

2749, check.

02:04

Thank you, no further, please.

02:08

Good point.

02:13

South Jackson here.

02:15

I got a passenger from the car here.

02:26

If that's through, I'm out without ESP.

02:30

I'm going to be checking the side door.

02:39

I'm going to be using my infrared.

02:56

2745.

02:58

I'm in the area as well.

03:02

10-4[1] switch to R2 attack 22.

03:07

Cars are fine.

03:14

I'm pretty sure you ran to near South Jackson Avenue.

03:23

35's holding the side door that we believe he went into.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

10-4: Acknowledgment (Message received / OK)

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Near S Jackson Ave, Mason City, IA 50401

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