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Attempted robbery at vape store on Liberty AvenuePittsburgh PA

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Near W Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15216

Two individuals attempted to rob a vape store on Liberty Avenue. They may have referenced an explosive device. The suspects fled on foot. Earlier, suspicious persons wearing masks were seen outside another vape store nearby; the employee locked the door.

Audio|Source: Pittsburgh Police Dispatch
03:39
Transcript:
00:00
523 513, and towards near Liberty Avenue between Sapphire Way and Pearl Street.
00:05
Should be some sort of vape's door.
00:07
See the caller, further call, figure, they had a very strong accent, but the people came inside and tried to rob this door.
00:13
Be advised, the caller keeps mentioning some sort of explosive in that decision had happened two minutes ago.
00:20
The suspect left on foot going towards Liberty Avenue.
00:23
Be advised shortly before this.
00:25
call came in.
00:26
There was a call for Keystone Vapers at near Liberty Avenue.
00:30
Employees stating two black males walked inside, then outside they had masks on, but then the caller locked the door because they thought it was suspicious.
00:40
513 calls don't be able unit for right now.
00:42
That's received.
00:43
The caller at near Liberty is willing to speak with you as well.
00:49
All they could describe were two males in those 20s about 5-7 wearing hoodies and jeans.
00:56
3580.
00:57
Anybody go ahead.
00:59
I copy that traffic.
01:00
Whoever's not on a priority call, you can send them up there to help Canvas area.
01:04
That's copy.
01:05
I have 511 going to target for a juvenile refusing to leave and 525 on the way to Market District for a trespasser who was also shoplifting.
01:15
Did you want me to disregard them from those? I refuse to leave, send them up there.
01:21
511, you copy the points towards Liberty.
01:23
11 copy. 11 copy.
01:24
511, they just updated that the juvenile did leave the target, I just want to clear the call out.
01:30
Okay, copy, thank you.
01:33
Street. 123, yeah, we had this call yesterday, you can just access that to the zone.
01:36
Receive 123, thank you, 1639.
01:38
RTCC2, General 1.
01:40
RTCC2, go ahead.
01:41
Stolen vehicle alert, vehicle come off the corridor roadway onto Liberty Bridge, inbound towards the 0-1-1-2.
01:46
It's a white-chia sedan, peer registration, Lima, Gulf Tilo 9-076.
01:50
I don't see which way I went.
01:51
General awareness is fine.
01:52
Don't let me.
01:53
Let's receive. Based any U-Z2 units in the area.
01:55
Picardle at Liberty Bridge going inbound, White Kia sedan stolen PA registration, Lima Gulf Keelow 9-076, unknown direction of flight from there.
02:07
2.23. We'll head, over.
02:10
1640. Liberty did not give a specific direction to sit towards Liberty Avenue.
02:14
And then at the vape store at near Liberty, which came in first, that caller is saying that their actors are still outside.

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Near W Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15216
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Thomas BridgesThomas Bridges

damn where ever there is money. it's to get robbed

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