Suicidal man threatens to shoot through windows at home


A man at a home on Francisco Avenue is suicidal and threatening to shoot through windows. Police have declared a SWAT situation and are communicating with him through the front door. Nearby residents may be evacuated for safety.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 11
02:57
Transcript:
Sarge. We might need to make this a slide-in to make this guy to let me to shoot through the door. All right, head for it. Can I have all available units head over to 6341 on Francisco, please? Okay, boy. All right, 422, 4233, 3271. Can you guys please head over there? 6-3-4-1, Franciscoll. 4-71. We'll head back that way. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Units in 24 in the cityway. We are getting a new SWAT[1] incident. 6341 in Francisco. Suicidal (name withheld) now threatening to shoot through the windows no further. 1130. All right, guys, just go. When I see you there, I'll put you down. 2430, don't have anyone coming too hot. Let's just try to keep our distance right now and figure out what's going on. He said something about having a rifle, so just keep our distance and we'll go from there. Okay, to confirm, I am declaring this a SWAT per year. you though, right? Yeah, I mean 99, she's suicidal and brunt need to shoot, so... Okay, we're gonna get everyone over there, thanks. Guys, don't go in, huh? Look, head over there. 2430, I'm at the back, but the unit in the front, trying to get... maybe some of the people upstairs out of the building. Okay, who do you want to get the people out of the building? We won't work 2411. Okay, you guys let me know what you want me to do. We are talking with the... Yes, don't be you go over here. It's possible for information. Okay, you, I'm sorry, it's very loud, we didn't hear you. What was that? We're talking through the door, we can't really, we can't really, we can hear a dog, possibly a dog inside in that person. So you're talking to the victim through the door, you said? The rear door, correct? Front door. Okay, so you're talking to the victim with a gun through the door, the front door. Okay, 10-4[2], be careful.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
SWAT: Special Weapons and Tactics (high-risk situation)
[2]
10-4: Acknowledgement
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Location mentioned:
Near S Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL 60629
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