Man assaulted with baseball bat at homeless shelter, Des Moines IA
AssaultA 39-year-old man was attacked with a baseball bat at a homeless shelter near Mulberry Street. He suffered multiple severe head injuries and was taken to Methodist Hospital. Authorities are searching nearby homeless camps for the suspect involved in the assault.
Audio|Source: Des Moines Police Dispatch 1
04:17
Transcript:
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347, assault just occurred, near Mulberry St at the shelter.
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39-year-old male is a filter with a baseball bat.
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It sounds like multiple injuries to the head.
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Still working on further four end, see where he's at.
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Copy.
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Okay.
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You on fifty-four, Officer Huxford?
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Good.
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Hey, I just got this assault at the shelter.
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I see you're working there.
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Are you on?
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Yes.
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Who, I mean, when?
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I'm not sure.
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It's called him by ACS, the care station there.
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They said 39-year-old males just assault at the baseball bat with multiple head injuries.
00:48
Don't really have much on the problem half, and I do have the central two man headed that way.
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Ben, keep coming off credit figure it out here.
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Copy, thank you.
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347, are you direct?
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Direct.
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Copy, thanks.
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327. Yes,
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sir.
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Okay, and a case number, please.
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And 327 case number will be (number withheld).
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Gabby, thank you.
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You're welcome.
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324.
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224. 324.
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329.
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329. Both crowsrays is unknown problem, near York Street.
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Callers not on the scene.
01:45
I wanted to check on a female Dorsey, 83 years old.
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She called a caller, told her call 911 because she's bleeding from her mouth and nose.
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Not sure what caused her to be bleeding or what could be going on here.
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We do have my side of that way as well.
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Okay.
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Okay. Okay.
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3.30.
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I'll take case number, please.
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Yeah, your case number is going to be (number withheld).
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Copy, thank you.
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You're welcome, 324.
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324.
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324.
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329.
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Both cars are 3 or 43.
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We were able to make contact with Dorothy.
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Sounds like she'd say that she's just having a nosebley, but she did sound pretty out of it.
02:43
3.29 like she could gear right around the corner.
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If you still want to assist Medics 324, I can show you back in.
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Okay.
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344 Adam, BP.
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3.44 Adam.
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3. You can clear this with a supplemental report and then attach to that a shelter trip, please.
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I have a show on it.
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One side, four.
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That's right, sir.
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Yeah,
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the victim's name is going to be (name withheld).
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He is on his way to Methodist, and I assume you'll probably trip one man there to take that report.
03:32
It happened in the homeless camps south of the shelter.
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Copy 344 Adam.
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I'll have you make Methodist, and 347 are you direct?
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If they were able to give us an idea of this camp, we can go check there, but otherwise it will be in it for now.
03:51
Copy it. It sounds like it was a camp just south of the shelter, 5154.
03:58
Yes, that's correct, and he is a learned conscious of breathing.
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He's got several pretty severe head wounds.
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Copy that. 347, are you direct?
04:10
Direct, we'll search the camps out of here for some of the bat.
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Copy 44 out of you direct as well.
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Near Mulberry St, Des Moines, IA 50309
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