Man threatened driver with bat near Airport Way, Portland OR
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As discussed during the dispatch call, police responded to a disturbance near Airport Way where a man exited a silver Jeep Cherokee and threatened another driver with an aluminum bat. The victim’s vehicle, a black sedan, was temporarily stuck in traffic while attempting to leave the area.
Audio|Heard on: Portland State University Police and Portland Police Service Desk
Listen to dispatch call
03:3
Transcript:
00:00
I want 430 copy on a disturbance with a weapon.
00:13
The north lower roadway, there's a silver older Jeep Cherokee plate (number withheld) with a male who on the airport way got out of his vehicle with an aluminum bat and approached the vehicle.
00:29
The other vehicle is going to be a small black sedan and is trying to get away but is stuck in traffic.
00:36
445 for coverage.
00:39
445 copy.
00:42
Three zero was the vacant owner.
00:44
I call the fence.
00:54
Soft duty Portland detective.
00:59
So if you can, see if you can keep an eye on them and see if they made it through the lower roadway.
01:09
They're just gone outbound right now.
01:13
Out of three, I'm outbound.
01:15
What was the car again? The suspect.
01:17
It's going to be an older silver colored Jeep Cherokee plate (number withheld).
01:28
C162 State Patrol completing glass for car.
01:40
Speed, it looks like they're maybe halfway there.
01:45
Four four five, same traffic in the area here.
01:48
Step four.
01:53
I've been throwing your back lights for the time being, so we have to know what they're about to come through.
02:02
Can you tell us like when?
02:08
Known at this point.
02:13
Copy that. Are you clear? Are you transporting with what?
02:20
(Name withheld), the victim vehicle is a small black sedan.
02:30
Northeast Division Street, Unit One Hundred and Nineteen, Ops One, Code Thirteen Thirty-One, Priority Four Alpha, Sick Person, Fairlawn Health Center, Northeast Division Street, Unit Nineteen, and Ops One, Twenty-Two Thirty.
02:46
Not that we've seen, but the cameras are not at night.
02:54
Okay, I'm almost a can't hang on saying it at all.
02:58
So it could be ahead of me now.
03:03
Okay.
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
NE Airport Way, Portland, OR
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