Male in hoodie on Monroe Street Bridge shows suicidal behavior, Spokane WA
Medical EmergencyA male wearing a purple or blue hoodie climbed over the railing on Monroe Street Bridge and showed suicidal behavior. He was seen yelling into the water and then running southbound on the bridge. The individual later ran near the public library, possibly entering it. Multiple officers, a drone, and other units responded to the scene. There was no observed criminal activity, indicating a crisis situation rather than a crime.
Audio|Source: Spokane City Law Enforcement
03:40
Transcript:
00:00
If you could start for the Monroe Street Bridge, we're getting a report of a possible suicidal subject, a purple or blue hoodie male on the southeast side of the road.
00:10
They'll have climbed over the railing as the complainant was driving by.
00:14
Complainant no longer on scene. Start for the Monroe Street Bridge.
00:19
Oh, Bobby.
00:24
(name withheld) will also be around?
00:26
I mean,
00:28
we've got a drone headed that way as well.
00:35
Paul 404.
00:39
Paul 404.
00:42
Yeah, I'm really close to them and what's your radio and drift over there in case?
00:46
Copy. Copy.
00:51
On three.
00:53
Fine.
00:56
The male matchnet description,
00:59
towards the south-east,
01:01
but he's on the sidewalk side right now.
01:07
You guys have some sort of like purple color, sure, with a black, especially underneath it, like, tan, shorts or pants, maybe.
01:20
He is by like that first underpass like pillar thing on the east side of the bridge. We haven't seen him on the other side of lead at all. He's just on the sidewalk.
01:31
Round two.
01:33
Turn two, go ahead.
01:36
So he's kind of leaning over the edge. Looks like he's kind of messing with the railing.
01:42
He's still on the sidewalk side.
01:45
He's yelling into the water, it looks like.
01:57
4.4, I can see him now. How far off was that other unit?
02:05
Just a second, it's getting dispatch on Channel 3, so I'm not familiar.
02:09
Raise your 4. We're right behind you out in the room.
02:10
Sorry, let me switch over.
02:16
4-4 on Channel 3.
02:19
Go ahead. Yeah,
02:23
I can see him. How far off is that other unit?
02:29
(name withheld) is at Browne and Spokane?
02:35
Spokane Falls.
02:41
He also got the Rangers behind you, you can get it.
02:47
He is running southbound on the east side of the bridge.
02:57
I didn't have anything on him. He was just yelling, saw me, and just started hooping it.
03:01
Yeah,
03:04
we watched him for a while, didn't see anything criminal.
03:08
I think more of a crisis type thing.
03:15
The radio, he's on the south side of the library.
03:18
He's running eastbound on the main from, I think it's Lincoln.
03:25
Right.
03:30
City might have went into the library.
03:37
Or six dispatch would check the inside of the library.
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Location mentioned:
Monroe Street Bridge, 218 N Monroe St, Spokane, WA 99201
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