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Suspect armed in northeast corner of 3rd Avenue South homePierce County WA

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3rd Ave S, Washington 98580

Officers responded to a home near 3rd Avenue South about a suspect reportedly armed and inside the master bedroom at the northeast corner. Family members were gathered together for safety, and attempts were made to evacuate others from the house. A dog was present, limiting entry options.

Audio|Source: Pierce County Sheriff Dispatch - East
03:11
Transcript:
00:00
Information for the units arriving on 3rd Avenue South.
00:03
The caller,
00:04
roommate, girlfriend, or children are moving all into one bedroom.
00:08
They said it sounds like the suspect is in the master bedroom, which is the northeast corner of the house.
00:18
Yeah, you're seeing the van that he left in last time.
00:20
It's here.
00:24
Go ahead with a plate.
00:27
(number withheld).
00:30
This is a beepers on for district 10, (number withheld), 3rd Avenue South-250.
00:41
Opening the door.
00:57
We have (name withheld) out.
00:58
He's saying the suspect is in the northeast corner.
01:00
We're going to try and get everyone else out of the house.
01:03
Trying to get everybody out of the house.
01:05
So that's like possibly in the northeast corner of the house master bedroom, 1251.
01:25
Guy's on that bad page who's going to come on the backslide in to we saw these.
01:31
Perfect confirmed by the house.
01:38
So the beepers not going on east, I don't know how long this is going to take.
01:49
Keep it on this tunnel for right now we're working short.
01:53
Norse. I can't go up and bang on the door he's in or anything because of the dog tied up at the back door there.
02:01
Do you need animal control route?
02:03
No,
02:06
he's just standing between me and the door.
02:08
He's not being aggressive or anything, but I don't want to test to yet.
02:13
(name withheld),
02:18
can you see if any of the people out there can tell you if he had any weapons?
02:23
Last time when you're on Sunday, they mentioned that he might have a gun in his bedroom, but they're not, they won't pause for the time.
02:30
You can ask him now if they think he still does or not.
02:40
Deeply going for District 10 units (number withheld), 3rd Avenue South, 1275.
02:47
We were,
02:49
we can take this to TAC.
02:57
Is anyone in direct contact with the TARP right now?
03:03
Yeah,
03:05
we're good for TAC1[1].
03:07
This is 432, I've been no problems inside so far.
03:10
All units can switch to TAC1[1].
Police codes explained
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[1]
TAC1: Tactical Channel 1 (operations/tactical frequency)

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3rd Ave S, Washington 98580

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Incident Timeline

  1. Possible Firearm in Suspect's Bedroom
  2. Suspect Previously Fled in Black Van
  3. Other Occupants Hiding
  4. Suspect Attempted to Kill Caller
  5. Suspect Identified as Landlord
  6. History of Weapon Intimidation at Address
  7. Caller Reports Armed Intrusion

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