Teen reported suicidal and self-harming in online chat

Heard on: Union City Police / Obion County Sherrif Department

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

TBI has notified us they need a welfare check on (number withheld) East Walnut Grove Church Road.

00:09

Someone there who calls himself (name withheld) is in a chat room, threatened to take life, and they state that they have cut themselves.

00:23

Yep.

00:28

All right, I think it's crashed.

00:30

We're at the Walmart.

00:34

In route to Walmart.

00:39

All right, I think I gotta get fuel.

00:42

14-419, an update from TBI.

00:45

This subject appears to be a (number withheld) male named (name withheld) on an iPhone that may or may not be currently active.

00:58

(number withheld) male may have identity crisis.

01:06

Actually, they're pinging the iPhone.

01:13

They're sending their ping unit.

7/2/2026 12:59 PM

Medical Emergency

E Walnut Grove Church Rd, South Fulton, TN 38257

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, tBI requested a welfare check near East Walnut Grove Church Road after an online user (“(name withheld)”) reportedly threatened to take their own life and said they had cut themselves. TBI later advised the subject was a 14-year-old male (“(name withheld)”) using an iPhone that may or may not be active, and they were attempting to ping the phone/sending a unit.