Man threatens to die at home with child present, Rutherfordton NC


Police responded to a welfare check near Cedar Lane where a man called reporting he was in great danger and threatening to die. He was crying and possibly having a mental health crisis. A small child and the child's mother were at the location. The man said he had no weapons and refused medical assistance.
Audio|Source: Rutherford County Sheriff, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Have a welfare check, near Cedar Lane. We've got a mail public service crying,
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advise to send help.
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He does not want him as he wanted the police.
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Vice, he's in great danger. Someone's mad at him.
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He was ready to die and disconnect, and don't have any further.
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Sample.
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106, Central, 130,
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130, 118 to be right, Cedar Lane.
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118 central, I'll be en route to Cedar Lane. You advise near Cedar Lane.
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Spadale Cards, dispatch in your fire department, 156 Nebraska Street, reference carvenman outside.
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Near Cedar Lane.
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I got the mail back on the phone.
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He did advise he had no weapons.
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He's refusing EMS to come out there. There is a small child and his mother in the residence.
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I could hear the female telling him this was serious and he needed to calm down and they hung up on the...
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Location mentioned:
Near Cedar Ln, Rutherfordton, NC 28139
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