Armed suspect threatens officers and police dog in pickup truck, Spokane WA
WeaponsA suspect armed with a weapon is hiding in the bed of a pickup truck near Sharp Avenue and North Dakota Street. The suspect has threatened to shoot officers and stab the police dog if it approaches. Police have established a perimeter and called in K9 units, pepperball teams, and an armored vehicle to contain the situation.
Audio|Source: Spokane City Law Enforcement
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Transcript:
00:00
It's going to be directly ahead of that parked car in the driveway.
00:05
Looks like it butts up to a fence eventually and it's right at the base of the fence.
00:13
The bug is a few feet south of it, or was, so if he's not reacting, it's probably not our guy.
00:23
One of the Aikins, can you turn your stream on?
00:29
Peter.
00:33
Thank you.
00:35
There you do. We're still on the phone with him, kind of.
00:38
He's not being super talkative with her.
00:43
Saying that he can see cop cars and then now he's telling her he's going to go out with a bang, he's going to shoot it out with us.
00:52
Screaming at her on the phone, so if you see anyone that looks super animated, that's definitely him.
01:00
I got one male running south down through the college on Sharp.
01:08
(number withheld).
01:10
Okay.
01:16
35 on what street?
01:22
He's in these college campuses on that location, Sharp and Dakota.
01:30
Lock down these apartments to the north of my car on my map.
01:36
He's running west on the south side of Sharp.
01:40
I have him on the drill.
01:44
He's running east now.
01:47
Park west now.
01:54
Let's just lock this parking lot down right here.
01:57
He just looks like he hopped in the bed of a pickup truck in the parking lot.
02:01
Let's just hold this here and get units on the south side of this parking lot.
02:05
Get K-16 over here.
02:08
Yeah, just every perimeter around the parking lot, let the dog get here.
02:15
If you're right there in your car, you're on the phone, I can hear him.
02:22
Ryan, go further to the east there and just lock this whole parking lot down.
02:29
Whoever is that car that's pointed northeast in the parking lot, he's like three cars to your east in the bed of the truck.
02:37
Copy, give us a net.
02:39
We got him. He's over by this red truck in the bed of the truck.
02:41
Let it.
02:47
34, watch crossfire.
02:53
Ron, can you see if you have anything in his hands?
02:56
Just stay cover.
02:57
Let's get the dog here, folks.
02:58
Everybody stay behind cover.
03:00
Let the dog get here.
03:01
We'll work it with a dog.
03:06
The canine can come in from the east.
03:09
We've got couple cars here set up for cover.
03:11
All right, just so everyone's aware, is it this red pickup truck we're looking at?
03:19
A-Firm[1], red pickup truck.
03:21
I believe it's a Ford, two-toned.
03:24
Hey, firm, I can see him breathing and yelling in the back of the truck.
03:28
Okay, copy, just stay behind cover.
03:30
Dog come in from the east here, meetup, it looks like it's either Seagull or Tristan's car.
03:39
Whoever's the red-blue directly to my west in an alley come to your east.
03:48
And drones cannot clearly see his hands at all.
03:56
32 to, or 30 to 32, can you still hear him on the phone?
04:03
Hey firm, if you guys are right next to him, start making some announcements, I'll see if I can hear it.
04:12
That's him, he's yelling that he's, don't let the dog go, he will stab that bitch.
04:21
281, will you advise to you what we got going on right now?
04:26
Kevin.
04:28
Anybody have pepperball?
04:33
4.30 is making threats to stab the dog if they can play dog.
04:38
Okay.
04:41
Somebody work on getting pepper all over there.
04:43
If not, I got T-16s in my truck.
04:48
32, I have pepperball in my car.
04:50
I'm just back here with the other half.
04:54
411. I'm coming on seeing.
04:55
I've got a peppermil.
04:57
4-10. I've got one.
05:01
Hey, Lynch, can you grab me the BearCat?
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A-Firm: Affirmative / Acknowledged
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Location mentioned:
E Sharp Ave & N Dakota St, Spokane, WA 99202
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