Man with weapons threat at Midtown Towers


A man with mental health issues at Midtown Towers says he needs medical help and has threatened to shoot responders, claiming access to weapons.
Audio|Source: Pittsburgh Police, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
502[1]. 502. I have a pending detail at Midtown Towers. It was not put in as a site call, but this is somebody with mental health issues. It's a 34-year-old male saying he needs help realigning his knee, aligning his skeletal system, talking about bone-and-bone collisions. This is the same male. 14[2] was out with earlier that wanted an ace bandage wrapped around his neck. to help his breathing and on prior to he's starting to shoot responders and said he has access to weapons. Would you like me to dispatch on this or would you like me to send this over for the police? Yeah, well we can add that over to the police. I think I just heard the fire dispatch that had two condition order.
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502: Pending detail at Midtown Towers
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14: Previous unit involved
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Location mentioned:
Near Liberty Ave Suite 1, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
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