Suspect armed in northeast corner of 3rd Avenue South home, Pierce County WA
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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Location mentioned:
3rd Ave S, Washington 98580
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