Possible knife incident at North Quincy Station, Quincy MA
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WeaponsAs discussed during the dispatch call, officers responded to a possible knife incident near the North Quincy T Station. A caller reported that one person, wearing a red jacket and accompanied by a cat, may have threatened another individual with a knife. The victim reportedly got away, and the suspect may have boarded a train. Police checked nearby areas, including the station entrances and trains, to locate the involved parties.
Audio|Heard on: Quincy Police & Fire Dispatch
Listen to dispatch call
02:19
Transcript:
00:00
7678, can you start heading to the North Quincy T station? We're getting a call about someone having a knife and he has a cat with him.
00:05
I'm not really sure what's going on.
00:07
Transits en route, I'll try to get you more.
00:18
And I'm on the way up there also.
00:21
We got his, there was a guy who called and said someone came at him with a knife.
00:28
He managed to get away.
00:29
He thinks the other party may have gotten on the train but doesn't really know.
00:37
All right.
00:44
His name is (name withheld), and he has a red jacket on.
00:51
Is he on the platform? I don't know if you said that.
00:54
Happened on the platform.
00:56
(Name withheld) may have left the platform from there because he wasn't really being specific about where he was when he was calling, but it happened on the platform.
01:06
Seven six. Last he said, he's outside of entrance number two.
01:10
I'm not exactly sure where that is.
01:16
Four nine. I'll call it under the service reference.
01:21
Yes, it's like hard enough.
01:25
Be at the entrance by Target.
01:31
Just to clarify,
01:33
The party with the knife had a cat.
01:37
Correct.
01:42
X-ray five's on arrival at Nelson.
01:49
Two six, you know that ID on the phone?
01:52
Tell him we can call him back.
01:58
Two and six.
01:59
He says he's at the number two entrance outside of the station.
02:04
Trade to talk, so if you didn't want to stick around.
02:07
All right.
02:12
Seven six, we're checking the train with transit.
02:14
I'll be back there.
02:17
(Name withheld), he said he's still there at entrance number two.
Disclaimer:
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Location mentioned:
North Quincy, Quincy, MA 02171
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