Man with hammer refuses to leave apartment during standoff, Oakland CA


A man inside an apartment in Oakland is not leaving and appears to be aware of his surroundings. He is holding a hammer and is asking police for their badge numbers. There is a standoff situation, and a fire alarm is going off but no fire is present.
Audio|Source: Oakland Police Department
03:10
Transcript:
Two, what's in the 71 say? Hey, can we get them on the stop because it's not really doing anything? He now has a hammer in his right hand.Hey, let's see if you're gonna try to get them, uh, give me some more announcements from where you're at.Am I happy?Am I happy?3L's a million, that was your 2L, right?82 is asking if you can get them more announcements.Paper.Okay. So, 72, they're giving an office now.Okay.Okay.Is there any units able to hear what they're saying?The President, we'll refuse to come out.We've already told him what his crime is.He's demanded for our badge numbers.We've been in the area.He's just kind of an automatic grant at this point.Christine, can the units outside hear the announcement.I see coffee, we hear your announcement.For the record, he is lucid and comprehending what we're saying.He's just refusing to come out.I have...So if you're any luck with OSG, willing to come up to the scene and we'll support him to turn off the alarm.We'll try again.School 71. Can you look at the sounds of the alarm and disable it?Super 1271.Bill 31. Still 31.We were able to the table be asked.I don't copy that.It looks like he's just walking around, picking up items up there,in the room, from the room.At one point, it looked like he had his phone looking at it, but, uh,he just hasn't in his hand now.Hey two, Johnny wants to try to continue to attempt to make contact with him, please.All that's fine.Very.
Two, what's in the 71 say? Hey, can we get them on the stop because it's not really doing anything? He now has a hammer in his right hand.Hey, let's see if you're gonna try to get them, uh, give me some more announcements from where you're at.Am I happy?Am I happy?3L's a million, that was your 2L, right?82 is asking if you can get them more announcements.Paper.Okay. So, 72, they're giving an office now.Okay.Okay.Is there any units able to hear what they're saying?The President, we'll refuse to come out.We've already told him what his crime is.He's demanded for our badge numbers.We've been in the area.He's just kind of an automatic grant at this point.Christine, can the units outside hear the announcement.I see coffee, we hear your announcement.For the record, he is lucid and comprehending what we're saying.He's just refusing to come out.I have...So if you're any luck with OSG, willing to come up to the scene and we'll support him to turn off the alarm.We'll try again.School 71. Can you look at the sounds of the alarm and disable it?Super 1271.Bill 31. Still 31.We were able to the table be asked.I don't copy that.It looks like he's just walking around, picking up items up there,in the room, from the room.At one point, it looked like he had his phone looking at it, but, uh,he just hasn't in his hand now.Hey two, Johnny wants to try to continue to attempt to make contact with him, please.All that's fine.Very.
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Oakland, CA
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