Children in costumes mistaken for armed suspects, Spokane WA
WeaponsPolice responded to a reported shooting near West Gardner but found the individuals were children in Halloween costumes. Later, a welfare check was conducted on an elderly man near West Riverside after he had not been seen for two days.
Audio|Source: Spokane City Law Enforcement
05:13
Transcript:
00:00
2.13, will you stack me and put me on 31's call, please?
00:05
Aver.
00:09
Drone to that.
00:11
Object with a light on it's kind of swinging around all over the place.
00:19
Heavy.
00:21
It does look like they're actively fighting right now.
00:27
Are they still front of the residents or to the west of there? Are they running away from it?
00:33
They're probably two to three houses west of the residents.
00:42
Copy?
00:44
They keep running on the sidewalk,
00:48
west and then back east again.
00:54
Split up at the moment,
00:56
one male is just to the east, and the other male with the object with the light on it is to the west of him.
01:06
You should be able to see the light who's got it on right now.
01:15
13 and 31 will be on soon, just a say.
01:22
We'll keep by few our guys in the line and talking here.
01:26
I'm adding you, please slow everybody down.
01:31
Copy.
01:33
And Channel 1 is going to be restricted for the Gardner?
01:38
Channel 1 is going to be restricted for a issue called.
01:40
The other guy, not the guy with the light, but the other guy, he did have some sort of large object in his hand, kind of similar in shape to a large pole.
01:53
Then, do you want to use my car for cover and you're walking in it?
01:59
Right,
02:04
they're running eastbound on the south sidewalk.
02:12
The object that has the light on it is stopped just west of him.
02:21
Copy, do you see that light? We're rolling in.
02:25
All right, they're running east now, guys, on the sidewalk.
02:30
Yep, we got...
02:36
13, it's two little kids.
02:41
Toppy.
02:45
2.13, these kids are just messing around in Halloween costumes.
02:55
Tommy?
02:57
213,
03:02
what's the address for the original shooting?
03:06
It was near West Gardner.
03:11
Copy, we're at 2203 right now, so if you want to just send another unit with us, they can pull in front of 2203 and you can go check out the other address.
03:22
2.30. Yeah, I'm on scene as well now.
03:26
Have you.
03:27
2.13. We'll take one more.
03:30
We're very cold for it.
03:37
232. Where did you need me at?
03:40
We're standing in front of 2203,
03:43
Les Gardner, right now.
03:44
We're going to go check out 2201.
03:47
Copy.
03:49
There's four of us here now, so I don't know how close you are.
03:54
I'm a block away.
04:00
460.
04:03
Go ahead.
04:05
Who's out first at 2201.
04:07
I'm checking for witnesses.
04:12
Copy.
04:17
Eighty-seven, 86.
04:20
Eighty-six.
04:25
So, welfare checked.
04:27
Near West Riverside.
04:29
Number two.
04:31
The client is concerned for a customer who usually comes in.
04:34
They haven't seen them in last two days.
04:36
It's an normal straddling.
04:40
Unknown if he has any health concerns.
04:43
He was just a very elderly male.
04:44
Go ahead.
04:45
He isn't locally.
04:46
He would be calling him. He's not answering for us either.
04:48
Near Riverside number two.
04:51
It was a neighbor near West Gardner.
04:55
Okay.
04:58
Copy.
04:59
Copy.
05:03
Go ahead.
05:05
Go ahead.
05:09
Quickly, phone is out of 2-2-22, sorry.
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Location mentioned:
Near W Riverside Ave, Spokane, WA 99201
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