Man points rifle-like object at people near Vermont Ave, West Athens CA
WeaponsA man wearing tan clothes was sitting on a bench near Vermont Avenue and 116th Street holding what appeared to be a rifle. It was later confirmed to be a broken BB gun which he was aiming at people. Police responded with officers on both sides of Vermont Avenue and evacuated people from a nearby platform. The incident affected traffic in the area and is ongoing.
Audio|Source: Los Angeles County Sheriff Dispatch 7 (Lomita) and Dispatch 12 (South LA)
02:51
Transcript:
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We're a breakout at an AR-2-A-R-15.
00:04
So did we go in any second.
00:06
Shelterlington, with TSB, they've got a 417[1] call.
00:09
It's going to be at the Vermont Pax. Once again, at the Vermont Pax,
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pretty much the vicinity of near 116th St in Vermont.
00:17
It's going to be a male black,
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tan clothing,
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adding a rifle.
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Sitting on the bench.
00:28
32 will be responding.
00:31
Chilbeer. And if you can also patch me in with Southland, and a lot of traffic on Vermont Avenue, between, uh,
00:40
close on and off railways, both on and off ramps. Stop off traffic over the pass. Copy.
00:50
7 Frank, I just advised that they were patched in and they copied.
01:01
And Ari, just confirm your status regarding the 417[1] call.
01:06
Ari, we had to come in in by a warning light on our phone.
01:12
Copy it on the patch run.
01:23
TSP is on this 417[1].
01:25
Just hold tight.
01:26
Right now we have Sergeant Del Castile. He's setting up on the east side of Vermont Avenue is going to maintain up top there.
01:34
Myself and Sergeant of Zublish over on the west side.
01:38
As soon as we get a more clear office, then we'll make a poor Castile evacuating personnel from the platform for coffee.
01:43
It's all in your position.
01:51
Hey, do we have arrow being around to this?
01:55
Sounds like the 1022 warning lights in the helicopter, sir.
02:01
Copy.
02:05
I haven't been monitoring L-TAC and for South LA units that are patched and who may not be monitoring either. Did you get somebody on the east side with the L-S-A-deployed?
02:18
32, same is that one-air. We have the OER's on the east side and let's Lisa with the Shield.
02:24
At 32-104, I copy two deployed and Leslie's over the shield.
02:32
Hey, we spoke with a special worker over here. He was down on the platform.
02:38
He had odds on the EP.
02:40
He said he odds a BB gun and it was broken in half. He was just aiming the broken gun at people.
02:48
Just wanted to confirm those that he confirmed it with a BB gun.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
417: Person brandishing or displaying a weapon, typically a gun, in a threatening or dangerous manner.
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Location mentioned:
Vermont Ave & W 116th Pl, West Athens, CA 90044
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