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welfare check conducted after threatening messages receivedDes Moines IA

audio iconFamily Offense
Near SE 19th St, Des Moines, IA 50320

Police checked the welfare of a woman and an eight-year-old child after alarming text messages suggested possible danger. A firearm had previously been confiscated from the woman's boyfriend at the residence near Southeast 19th Street.

Audio|Source: Des Moines Police Dispatch 1
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Transcript:
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Both units lobby make the welfare check.
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3,0, Southeast 19th Street.
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3.009, Southeast 19th Street.
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We're checking on a (name withheld).
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Caller is her sister, and she got several text messages overnight.
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That's (name withheld)'s boyfriend that was there, and he had a gun.
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Boyfriend is a black male described as skinny.
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Caller just woke up to these messages, and it's a concern for her sister's welfare, and there should be an eight-year-old boy there as well.
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134, I copy.
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We were out there earlier and we did take the firearm from the male, so they should be all good, but we'll follow through the welfare check.
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Number one.
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141.
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We're right behind 33.
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We can go.
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We can just regard 34.
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Happy 134.
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I copy. Thank you.

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Near SE 19th St, Des Moines, IA 50320

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