Caller reports intruder and holds machete in home

Heard on: New Bedford Police, Fire and EMS

01:44

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

21 and 24, I have a disturbance at (number withheld) Purchase Street, apartment number (number withheld).

00:05

Caller thinks that there is someone in the house because he heard a loud bang in his attic.

00:13

Received.

00:16

24 copy.

00:23

Control, units responding to (number withheld) Purchase Street.

00:26

Just advised the caller possibly has a machete.

00:34

Copy.

00:43

Excuse me, the caller is also giving my call taker a hard time, not following her instructions.

00:48

She's trying to get him to put the machete down.

00:56

24 copy.

01:04

22 is en route.

01:13

Last unit, come back.

01:17

22 is en route to 3rd district.

01:22

Have one.

01:25

24 is out.

01:27

10-4.

01:33

24 is out.

01:35

10-4.

01:39

24 to control, can you let the caller know we're outside?

01:43

Affirmative, we did.

2026-09-13 21:47 UTC

Weapons

Purchase St, New Bedford, MA 02740

Caller reports intruder and holds machete in home

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As discussed during the dispatch call, officers responded to a disturbance at an apartment on Purchase Street in New Bedford after a caller reported a loud bang in the attic and a possible person inside. The caller was reportedly holding a machete, and units arrived outside the building.

Caller reports intruder and holds machete in home

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