Man threatens police with knife to provoke shooting, Lansing MI
Family OffensePolice responded to a domestic dispute at Ferris Park Towers where a man threatened police with a knife and said he wanted to provoke them to shoot him. He was alone inside the apartment, and officers attempted to get him to come outside safely. There was no access to guns noted.
Audio|Source: Greater Lansing Area Public Safety
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Transcript:
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For North and Units to clear info for command on a suicidal subject, near North Walnut Street, Apartment 206 at the Ferris Park Tower, cross of Ionia and Shywassey.
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To domestic, the male has a knife and told the caller to call police so he can commit suicide by cop, making a slicing motion on his neck.
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Commander E, Claire?
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For Southend, ATL, any units available to clear, start for a possible suicidal subject at Ferris Park Towers, near North Walnut, Apartment 206. Caller had an argument with her boyfriend,
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told the caller to call police so he can commit suicide by cop.
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He possibly has a knife and is making a slight motion at his neck.
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29,
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I can just north end point that way.
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Okay.
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27, I can point that way.
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Okay. Three out of 25, can you reroute?
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You can drop it down in the funding.
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Okay.
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We found reroute.
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24, where are rerouting to that?
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24, 10, 4.
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3.R. There? I know.
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Boston 5 status check.
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Boston 5, we're cleared that clique.
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Show us back in.
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K-9, go ahead.
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Okay, Claire.
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Yeah, I put this clear call back in penny.
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I'm not done with it yet.
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Okay, so just an update for everybody responding to North Walnut.
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Caller says that he'll be waiting outside for you guys.
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Possible bipolar depression, anxiety disorder,
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no access to guns, according to the caller.
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Medic 491, you're going to Cedar Place, 201 West Jolly near 212 for a 57-year-old female feeling ill and trembling.
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Cross Stafford, North, Earth, District.
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15 and M2, we show me 42, have good night.
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Thank you, you, too.
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This match for Mike 46, Clear Spiro.
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24, so to clarify, male is in the residence alone right now.
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Medic 6, okay?
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Unknown, let me try to clarify with the caller.
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12, awesome 6, we'll be en route to MMR as well.
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Yeah, that's gonna make a big difference on how we handle this situation, there alone.
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Okay, we're trying to get caller to come outside.
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There's also two dogs in the residence.
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We're trying to get further on where he's at.
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Five-minute warning.
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Five-minute warning.
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24, do you prefer him to be inside or outside?
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Let's get the caller out of the house if we can get him in the apartment by himself, that's going to make it a lot easier for us.
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Copy, we'll work on getting the caller out of the house.
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Sure, if we can get the suicidal guy outside, that's probably the best.
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Dispatch minute,
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41.
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Go ahead.
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We're clear, back in service.
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All right.
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Half one in station 6thwartland duty, return, party one for Jeff Payne, near Prince Boulevard with crossover.
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To be a 36-year-old female, conscious and breathing with stomach pain and chest pain.
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Holding the air for a second set of tone?
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Our units responding to Walnut, the male saying he will come outside.
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We'll try, the subject's going to be (name withheld), black shirt, black shorts, male.
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40-108, we're going to help.
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They're good on the north end right now.
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I'll be clear. Give me one second.
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Just clear available with front on the car.
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Two clear available.
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22,
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Do we know if they're going to be coming out the front or the back door?
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I'll try to find out.
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481 in service.
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Affirmative, it's going to be a male.
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Black shirt, and black shorts.
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William, too much seven?
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Just that's a minute 411.
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Go on.
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10-4[1]84 of us out front right now, so we're just waiting to see if he's going to walk out.
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Go ahead.
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Good morning. We in service 15-09-7.
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Graham McLaren available.
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All right.
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Go on.
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Okay, we still got the caller on the line, the caller's in the bedroom packing,
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and the caller's in the bathroom.
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Correction, the male is in the bedroom.
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10-4[1].
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24.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment of receipt or understanding; message received, affirmative, or OK.
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Location mentioned:
Near N Walnut St A and S Division Office, Lansing, MI 48933
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