Shooting near hospital ER with armed male suspect


Audio|Source: Tacoma Police Dispatch - North
04:5
Transcript:
Once any fire staged, if they need to go in. Is fire okay to go in? Or is any hospital at ER, so I think they're better off probably here than with fire. I don't think we need fire in here because anybody needs treatments getting in. No, she has not the victim. Done right now in room two. We have a victim in room 2, 924-2. We have updated direction of travel that when they ran out of the ER, they went down the ramp, that would be to the north. That's the best we can do at this time. And we're working on video right now to get better. probably down the ramp, which would be to the north, 95%. All 310 suspect description. All they're done. It's going to be a (name withheld) approximately 25, 30 years old. He's got black hair in Dres, black sweatshirt with red riding on the front and back. Can't see what it says. Gray sweatpants, white tendons, and the sweatpants are like a jogger style. Receive 19 seconds. You call on 70. Call on 70. Fire saying they do need to respond because it is not a trauma hospital and they will need to transport. So confirming fires okay to go in? If we have fired went through the ER entrance, because we're going to have the... The other area, uh, the endless bake, we're going to be URI just locked down. Okay, okay. Okay, you know, one's seven, I'm in the area. We're looking for a red outing. Paul 497, confirming the accurate (name withheld) was not involved. Lincoln 264. One of the security guards is saying that the shooter is on 19th in front of the golf course. Probably the shooter roughly on 19 in front of the golf course, 19th of the 4th, 19th. Confirmed description on that guy. The abuse on a six-foot (name withheld) with black threads. It's going to be a black hoodie, pinkish, writing on the back, and race white pants. And he was armed with a Glock with a switch, it looks like. And for the witness, it was a candidate magazine, too. A better location. He said they passed him coming here. He was sitting on the east side of Union in front of the golf course.
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Location mentioned:
S 19th St & W Union Ave, Tacoma, WA 98405
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