Man armed with pistol outside building on west Riverside Avenue, Spokane WA

Weapons

Reported: 11/21/2025 12:39 AM

Near W Riverside Ave, Spokane, WA 99201

A man was seen armed with a pistol outside a building near West Riverside Avenue. Officers coordinated to approach and contain the area surrounding the building.

Audio|Source: Spokane County Sheriff and Fire, Spokane City Police / Fire - Digital

03:48

Transcript:

00:00

For a person with a weapon, near West Riverside Avenue, the security is falling in via cameras, they see a male sitting on the ground.

00:07

A pistol in his hand is going to be the backside of the building by a roll-up garage.

00:15

The end site, Charles, Paul George, 4-4-4-7.

00:22

Teleported, they're reported.

00:28

C-22, check one.

00:31

22.

00:34

Victor, Ida, Charles.

00:36

Tom, motion, robber,

00:38

I to Adam.

00:43

Henry, Edward, Robert, Nora, Adam Nora,

00:46

(name withheld).

00:49

1985,

00:51

01.

00:56

22, 040.

01:02

5 for 5 Spokane, we'll be out with 1240.

01:07

5 for 5, 041.

01:14

So can have in 155, status.

01:19

766, awesome.

01:22

155.

01:23

No,

01:25

have 7366.

01:26

Inc.

01:28

Cuts, he's added.

01:29

We'll be in the LPSB, and 1555.

01:32

We'll be waiting for the mother.

01:38

041.

01:45

Response, structure,

01:51

fire. City, so can, clear, C.

01:53

See Charles.

01:57

Cincinnati, zero forty, two.

02:03

Camp patrols erratic west 90 milepost 299 let pick up erotic speed 50 to 100 miles per hour lane travel over multiple lengths

02:16

5 for 5 in route 5 for 5 302

02:35

Side of the building.

02:42

He's lying on the ground.

02:49

9-06, we can't stop.

02:54

9-06.

02:56

Bigel, Corrine, Charles E.941, 9-Yung.

03:04

1040. Okay,

03:11

what's the best way to approach, east or east to east or east-west?

03:15

Bill, 271, got a guy walking on the upper belt and he right above the roll-up floor.

03:20

I don't know if that's the dude they're referring to or not.

03:23

It's going to be committing south down on the second.

03:30

South on Lincoln or Monroe?

03:34

Uh,

03:36

we go ahead, north, west.

03:42

The unit,

03:44

go ahead and move around to the west and then go north.

03:47

We're going to come over here to the east.

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Near W Riverside Ave, Spokane, WA 99201

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