False fire alarm at Sidney Lanier Center School, Gainesville FL


Emergency responders arrived at Sidney Lanier Center School due to a general fire alarm. No fire was found. Meanwhile, officers were searching for a man who was acting irrationally nearby with firearms and a skateboard after a car incident.
Audio|Source: Gainesville Police and Alachua Fire
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Transcript:
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Agent 5, 1, 5, 1, District 1 responding. High Life has an alarm near NW 16th Ave, Sydney-Lillier Center School. Called in by the alarm company, this is a general fire alarm in Zone Room 1. All the information this time, 0605. 797-14.
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1040. You can face the full force him, please. Okay. Okay. Do we have more day shift units coming than just the three of us? Becky, the entire Southwest is in route to you. Perfect. This guy needs to be found quickly. Becky, can you keep us a rundown description in our last scenepoint? White male.
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About 30, gray shorts, and a ball cap. He's got a shotgun and rifle in the car. There's a rifle round on the ground over here. He threw a magazine down over by Jimmy Johns. He's reportedly got another rifle with him. And maybe a skateboard. The lady from Orange Theory said that he was just driving incredibly fast.
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around the Lowe's parking lot and then just rolled. He couldn't take the turn. And that he got up and was yelling about pedophiles and taking away his kid. He was irrational and irate, walked south through Jimmy John's Orange Theory parking lot and then across the road. Wyatt's got a witness that said he maybe was by DMV.
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All right, that's in the 90-70 area. Top of three. It could very possibly be that guy, Cindy, found the car. He has custody going on right now for Lendos. Great. Thank you. Engine 5. Flash, engine 5. Engine 5. We're on the scene of a mega single-story school. Got nothing showing. The investigated mode, 16th out of command. Does anybody have a drone?
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Location mentioned:
Near NW 16th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601
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