Armed person reported and battery on city bus
AssaultThe audio reports a person on a city bus who may be armed and a battery in progress at 71st and Cottage Grove. A caller (name withheld) says a man in white has a gun and she will wait in a brown SUV. The recording also includes a separate mental health disturbance about a 59-year-old man using PCP and a silent bus alarm.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 07
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Transcript:
Well, he's wearing an all-white outfit. He has a gun inside of a bag. And the caller in this is (name withheld). She states that this is her ex-boyfriend. She's going to be waiting in a brown-colored GMC SUV to speak to the police about it. We have the mental health disturbance call at 6153 South on King, 6153 South on King. (name withheld) is the call. She stayed her 59-year-old son. He's been smoking PCP. He's running in and out of the home. He's been diagnosed with... schizophrenia, and the caller is afraid of what he may do to himself or to her or others. And they're indicating fires responding on that one. We have the bus alarm at 71st in Cottage, 71 in Cottage, and that one is also coming in as a battery in progress at 71st in Cottage. CTA is placing both calls. The first call is state that there was a silent bus alarm activated.
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Location mentioned:
S Cottage Grove Ave & E 71st St, Chicago, IL 60619
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