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Man threatened to shoot someone with shiny object in KFC lotSalem OR

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Near Lancaster Dr NE, Salem, OR 97301

A man in a black truck threatened to shoot a person in the parking lot of a KFC in Salem, Oregon, holding a shiny object believed to be a gun. Police found the vehicle and confirmed the victim did not want to press charges and was unsure if the object was a gun.

Audio|Source: Salem Police Dispatch
04:7
Transcript:
00:00
District 4, getting a menace, Lancaster and Earl.
00:02
Locate vehicles of black Dodge Ram, with a reported gun threat on the caller.
00:09
Locate vehicle parked in KFC, for three minutes.
00:16
Next 21, cover your dispatch.
00:21
You can put me on the medice.
00:22
I'm right here.
00:25
Copy. Zero-for is just somewhere around with him on Vee and Summer.
00:34
Copy.
00:40
990s are arriving.
00:41
The passenger is the one that has a weapon, a black shiny small handgun, white male, 20 to 30, hat, dark hoodie.
00:48
A known description of the driver other than male.
00:54
Copy, where is our victim?
01:00
I'll find out.
01:05
521-599 on Market Lancaster.
01:12
I copy.
01:14
Just they'll be able to.
01:17
Copy.
01:18
Reddney 55 right now.
01:25
Go ahead.
01:28
Yeah, he's on the first like vehicle.
01:35
Yeah, I'm trying to get to position where I can see it.
01:43
Callie back confirming you did out in the parking lot still.
01:52
Yeah, affirm, I believe so.
01:54
It's going to be facing south in the KFC parking lot.
01:58
Come in.
02:05
599, callers pulling into the Carl's Jr.
02:08
near Fred Meyer.
02:13
799.521. Do you want to contact the Mick, them you're closer, and I'll just keep eyes on the vehicle?
02:24
Copy. Two-40-0-0-7-2-4-9-4-19-3.
02:42
I can't tell if the vehicle is still occupied.
02:45
It looks like maybe a male passenger is still in the car, but it's pretty tinted.
02:49
It looks like it might be unoccupied at this point.
02:56
Okay. Okay.
03:02
We're just seeing Holden-Catter until 521 if I was supposed to ask.
03:07
Copy.
03:08
Copy.
03:11
76599 are you at the chip polar park a lot?
03:16
Yeah, for a moment the east end of it, keeping eyes on it.
03:21
But light just went by and it definitely looks like it's on OxyQuest.
03:27
Okay, we hear.
03:34
169 are units on Hope status.
03:39
Go forth.
03:43
Thank you.
03:47
521. The complainant does not want to press charges.
03:54
Copy.
03:57
521 further.
03:58
He's not certain it was a gun.
03:59
He said he thought it was a gun because the man held something shiny and said I'll shoot you.
04:06
Copy. Copy.

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Near Lancaster Dr NE, Salem, OR 97301

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