Suspect Flees On Truman St After Incident Involving SUVs, Hammond IN

Weapons

Reported: 10/31/2025 09:04 PM

Truman St, Hammond, IN 46320

Police responded to a report of a black male dressed in all-black clothing and possibly armed, fleeing east on Truman Street. He was involved in an incident with two suspect vehicles: a silver SUV and a gray SUV. Officers are searching the area but have not identified any victims so far.

Audio|Source: Lake County Public Safety

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Transcript:

00:00

All unit is going to near Truman St.

00:02

Suspect is going to be in a silver SUV and a gray SUV.

00:06

Black male is (name withheld) wearing all-black 5-8, carrying a weapon, headed east down on near Truman St.

00:13

Ben, there's that silver SUV, it just turned on Mission.

00:17

We just turned on Mission here.

00:23

Dispatch.

00:29

Addamov. Adamov.

00:31

Add Mark.

00:34

They're citizens assists.

00:36

One 30 minutes in Dior, please.

00:40

Copy.

00:45

The corner of treatment.

00:48

Copy Equinoise CornyTayment.

00:53

Two vehicles stopped, 5,400 block of Indianapolis.

00:58

There's a 28[1] on the first one.

01:05

I was going west.

01:07

I think somebody's got it stopped.

01:09

Right, the corner of Calumet in Michigan.

01:15

I want to copy your stuff.

01:17

Ten fourth.

01:19

Copy.

01:24

Okay. Thank you for, do you have radio traffic?

01:35

Central 1912. We got readings in the house, so we're going to be shooting up and looking in.

01:41

Copy, you name me to send you up to scroll.

01:46

Go ahead repeat.

01:49

You need me to send you Nixco?

01:52

Not at this moment, I will advise.

01:57

Copy.

02:02

I'm good.

02:04

Uh, 832 said they didn't hear or see anything.

02:11

Is there any illness right now? I'm on near Truman St. speaking with no victim or anything?

02:18

Negative.

02:20

I'm on near Truman St. and I got no victim as right now.

Police codes explained

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28: Vehicle registration/license plate information

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