Man with machete hitting tree downtown, Spokane WA


Caller reports a man in his 30s wearing a high-visibility orange vest with yellow stripes at Second Avenue and Lincoln Street downtown. He was swinging a machete and hitting a tree. The caller said the man had been doing karate earlier and might be hallucinating.
Audio|Source: Spokane City Law Enforcement
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Transcript:
Also for downtown unit, second in Lincoln, mail with a machete, beating up on a tree. My complaining says the subject was doing karate earlier might be hallucinating. It says Hispanic mail in his 30s, (number withheld), wearing a high visibility orange vest with yellow stripes. Second on Lincoln, it's (number withheld).
Also for downtown unit, second in Lincoln, mail with a machete, beating up on a tree. My complaining says the subject was doing karate earlier might be hallucinating. It says Hispanic mail in his 30s, (number withheld), wearing a high visibility orange vest with yellow stripes. Second on Lincoln, it's (number withheld).
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Spokane, WA
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