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Man with knife threatens clerk and flees on bicycle, Council Bluffs IA

Weapons

Reported: 10/7/2025 09:14 AM

Near N 16th St, Council Bluffs, IA 51501

A man with a prosthetic leg threatened a clerk with a combat knife near North 16th Street. He then fled on a bicycle toward a state park.

Audio|Source: Council Bluffs Public Safety

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Transcript:

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5.4 and 7, near North 16th Street for a possible armed subject.

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We have a white male, (name withheld), wearing a red flannel, tattoos on his face, red hair,

00:11

prosthetic leg, has a combat knife that he pulled and was pointing at the clerk, currently on a bicycle headed towards a state park, and near North 16th Street, 5.4 and 7.

00:25

All right, sir.

00:32

I'll have another two.

00:38

Board of five and seven comes from Harry Langdon Boulevard, I would need to.

00:44

Here, take time.

00:50

42.

00:52

42, go ahead.

00:56

Is that party, (name withheld)?

01:02

Clear, that's the subject.

01:06

Clear. Checking for warrants, please.

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Near N 16th St, Council Bluffs, IA 51501

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