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Man lighting fires on Martin Luther King Jr Way in Oakland 

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Near Martin Luther King Jr Way, Oakland, CA 94609
A man in his 40s wearing a yellow shirt and blue jeans is lighting fires on Martin Luther King Jr Way in Oakland. Police are responding and have set up a perimeter because the man may have a handgun.
Audio|Source: Oakland Police Dispatch
01:52

Transcript:
Piannus break for a priority 50150[3] 3044 MLK 3040 4044 MLK on beat 6. 496. 186. 186. 0.91450 and we cover the party. 6. 690. 3044 MLK, you're going to make contact with the RP, held refuge to male white, 40s, 6 feet, thin bills wearing a yellow shirt, unknown color. Correction, blue jeans. He's lighting fires. OX, he's also responding. On incident 453. Was the open line? Correction. On callback, no answer, with 23 meters. Fun instance, 2-170, 724. Chapter 3, I copy. Code 4[2]. 99. 9. 9. 10.9. 9. 10. 29. 9. Counsel therapy, by that our subject or the victim service stands that he's still on scene, parts on the street. Restressing areas if we can look at your home. 9.04. 1050, is there any emergency to code 7 on this? A firm. They're advising that the suspect is on with a handgun. 29 hold the area. We've got eyes in a vehicle. One home is occupied right now. We're code 33, 54-0-1 calls can waiting. Code 3[1], cover.

Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Code 3: Respond with lights and sirens (emergency)
[2]
Code 4: Situation under control (context unclear if applies here, as situation escalates)
[3]
50150: Possible arson/fire incident

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Near Martin Luther King Jr Way, Oakland, CA 94609
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