Man with knife refuses to disarm near North Ardmore, Santa Monica CA

Weapons

Reported: 10/27/2025 02:09 AM

Near Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90401

A man wearing a black baseball hat and sweatshirt, previously seen with a knife near Wilshire Boulevard, is now refusing to put the knife away near North Ardmore.

Audio|Source: LAPD Dispatch - West Divisions

02:33

Transcript:

00:00

13 man with a possible 9thi 520 Wilshire boulevard subject of malice manned black baseball hat worn backwards sweatshirt and over the description heading in front of the building peer advised subject previously carrying a knife not no knife seen up this time possibly same same subject from incident 0211 it's code 2 and sent 368 in our d745

00:30

7 847 roger are you code sam code 1040 equipped

00:34

no mr roger roger any wills your supervisor to respond with 7847 to an edge weapon call identify 780 80 roger 7080 sir me wrong 7080 roger 7080 sir me wrong 7080 roger 7080 roger 7080 roger 7080 roger

00:58

7 821 further Oh further

01:05

Highly unit Princess E1183 and a half north Ardmore code Tansett 36280669

01:14

7, standby

01:17

619 can follow the route to which station

01:22

7869 roger

01:28

You have the PR stuff off of me.

01:32

Hey one, somebody.

01:38

And we show us code 6.

01:40

Connection 7-9221 show us code 6 on 1. We're going to be the rear of 5,500-Wilster Boulevard.

01:49

7821, is this related to your radio call?

01:52

7-847, no further.

01:55

7 821 is going to 7 item 47 is radio call

02:00

Roger

02:08

A lot further.

02:14

Please, their message.

02:16

Any one, you can see...

02:19

Hi, you know, your tensile suicide is now.

02:22

Been upgraded to Code 3[1]-1183 and a half north Ardmore.

02:26

1183.5 north Ardmore's subject is refusing to put the knife away.

02:30

Sound course the incident 360280669.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

Code 3: Emergency response; proceed immediately with lights and siren.

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Near Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90401

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