Customer displayed pocket knife at Panda Express, Spokane WA
WeaponsCaller reported a customer with a knife at a Panda Express. Employees later said it was a misunderstanding. The man was showing a pocket knife and no threats were made.
Audio|Source: Spokane City Law Enforcement
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Transcript:
Here, 436, 432. Other than 425, can you switch to General 1 for a call? 36. 32. 25 on 1. You could serve for a person with a weapon[1], 9522 North Newport Highway at the Panda Express. Employee calling in saying there's a customer in the lobby holding a knife to a female's throat. Someone they may have left, we're getting further on transferred. 9522 North Newport Highway. 6-0. Okay. Can we make sure those Walmart guys know they're pretty close? 2383 icon that you can throw us on that? Okay. L281 you can disregard the sound you know, (name withheld), we got enough. Okay. Copy, we've got an employee on, everything's sounding super calm, and they're saying there's some sort of a misunderstanding, or it's still working through it. From what we're getting from the employee, it sounds like this was a total misunderstanding. He was showing a pocket knife to a female there. They're talking, smiling, no threats made, and the employee is confirming that they are speaking freely.
Here, 436, 432. Other than 425, can you switch to General 1 for a call? 36. 32. 25 on 1. You could serve for a person with a weapon[1], 9522 North Newport Highway at the Panda Express. Employee calling in saying there's a customer in the lobby holding a knife to a female's throat. Someone they may have left, we're getting further on transferred. 9522 North Newport Highway. 6-0. Okay. Can we make sure those Walmart guys know they're pretty close? 2383 icon that you can throw us on that? Okay. L281 you can disregard the sound you know, (name withheld), we got enough. Okay. Copy, we've got an employee on, everything's sounding super calm, and they're saying there's some sort of a misunderstanding, or it's still working through it. From what we're getting from the employee, it sounds like this was a total misunderstanding. He was showing a pocket knife to a female there. They're talking, smiling, no threats made, and the employee is confirming that they are speaking freely.
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[1]
person with a weapon: Individual reported to have a weapon
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Location mentioned:
Near N Newport Hwy, Spokane, WA 99218
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