Man threatens to shoot himself at McMechen riverfront

Heard on: Marshall WV Law Dispatch Group Calls

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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) Fifth Street.

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(number withheld) Fifth Street.

00:02

55 year old male threatening to harm himself.

00:06

Papa Zero Two.

00:09

Go ahead.

00:11

Caller advised him possibly has a 9 mm with him.

00:18

Did he say what he was going to do to harm himself?

00:21

Advised he was going to shoot himself in the head.

00:23

Do you have the caller's name?

00:27

Say 502, do you have traffic?

00:30

I'm sorry, can you repeat?

00:32

Did you have traffic for me?

00:35

Tell me who the caller is.

00:38

First name (name withheld), last name (name withheld), is our caller.

00:42

Looking for a (name withheld) (name withheld).

00:45

Stand by for description.

00:48

Description is going to be a male, camo jacket with a hoodie and gray pants.

00:56

Okay, so the caller is not the person who is making the suicidal threats.

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That's right.

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He's sitting on a bench at the riverfront here.

2026-09-14 04:22 UTC

Medical Emergency

5th St, McMechen, WV 26040

Man threatens to shoot himself at McMechen riverfront

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Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, officers responded to a report of a 55-year-old man near Fifth Street in McMechen who was reportedly threatening to shoot himself and may have had a handgun. The caller was looking for the man, who was described as wearing a camo jacket, hoodie, and gray pants and sitting on a bench at the riverfront.

Man threatens to shoot himself at McMechen riverfront

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