Suspicious vehicle seen near Broadway in Merrillville, Merrillville IN
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According to the dispatch call, deputies investigated a suspicious silver Mercury near Broadway in Merrillville after a report that one occupant may have had a firearm. The vehicle was gone when officers arrived, and the incident was later reclassified as a suspicious situation.
Audio|Heard on: Lake IN Law Dispatch Group Calls
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02:15
Transcript:
00:00
You can show me a ride to Norton School for that weapon incident.
00:04
Clear, they can use cell phone on Broadway last seen in the area of Hooters.
00:10
So occupied by two individuals in mid to late twenties, one had a bright colored hoodie on, possibly red and yellow and white.
00:19
It was a silver Mercury, possibly about 2010.
00:23
The driver had a pistol with an extended magazine on it.
00:26
The tag is supposed to start with (number withheld).
00:31
Merrillville 405, okay, I'll attend to seven vehicles, six wooden brothers.
00:36
Clear.
00:37
We're at 430.
00:38
He went west and went south towards Sutter's.
00:42
How clear? When Clark first advised that the vehicle continued southbound, so I thought it went south on Broadway.
00:48
I believe the vehicle was last seen turning around at the gas station by the northern pool.
00:54
Okay.
00:56
440, are you close?
00:59
I can't be, I've been run to.
01:02
We were on the north side of 61st in the southbound lane.
01:07
Okay.
01:10
30.
01:14
Hello. Where's the caller and do they want to speak with me?
01:19
430, the caller is no longer on scene.
01:21
They just wanted an area check.
01:25
10-4.
01:27
440, I have that on Broadway.
01:29
Copy.
01:30
Central 405.
01:33
405.
01:35
I'll be sending vehicles pushed out of it real quick.
01:39
Copy.
01:41
129.
01:43
Crown Point 129.
01:46
29.
01:49
You have a rear inclusion coming in at US 231 and Mississippi Parkway, 231 and Mississippi.
01:55
It looks like it's a semi versus vehicle.
01:59
Oh yeah.
02:00
What's on the back?
02:03
Copy.
02:05
Hello, 430.
02:08
430.
02:11
Can you change this to a suspicious incident?
02:14
Vehicles gone on arrival.
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Location mentioned:
E 81st Pl, Merrillville, IN 46410
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