Man carrying knife flees police in Tacoma residential area, Tacoma WA


A man carrying a knife ran through residential streets near East Roosevelt and East 35th Street in Tacoma. Police observed him from a distance and pursued him as he fled through alleys and hills.
Audio|Source: Washington State Patrol Dispatch - Dist 1 East / West
02:31
Transcript:
00:00
At each right and East Roosevelt, there's a (race withheld) male walking eastbound and when a suit is just saying he's spread in with a knife.
00:08
I'm at a distance, I can have the Tacoma PD response.
00:11
Blackmail, white shirt, correction white hat, and no shirt black pants.
00:14
And he's turning right onto East 35th Street.
00:17
I'm just going to observe on the thing in another unit.
00:18
Yeah, right, East Roosevelt and East 35th Street is continuing, I think,
00:22
east from 35th Street down now.
00:24
I'm going to be out of service.
00:30
243[1]. I'm going to be out of time.
00:31
5-0-2[2] with Kermostraffmalade, 1431[5].
00:34
He ran away from me running down the hill.
00:36
2033[4] on 34th.
00:39
Positive to advise, subject run away down the hill, 2033[4]34th.
00:44
Going on the car.
00:45
East T Street and 34th, we're trying to ride on T Street.
00:48
Tone of (race withheld) Mountain with Indian Mail.
00:50
No shirt, black pants that are falling down, red underwear, white hat.
00:53
Turn to raise the alley between right street and 34th.
00:56
We turned in the valley. We need to stay there hard on the dirt.
00:58
Now back up his running still.
00:59
From the East 26th, any mail, no sure, black pants, right under where white is at, right and 34th, subject back from running, 4-2-2[3].
01:08
Through the alleys back north on our south on right street, from G-street, back up the hill.
01:13
Into the alley, back north on G-street, both up the hill, 14-33.
01:17
I don't defend the left side of them.
01:18
I'm back on the right.
01:19
I don't see him.
01:20
I'm left side back on the right.
01:25
Okay.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
243: Possible reference to assault or battery (commonly used in some jurisdictions; context suggests a criminal code)
[2]
5-0-2: Unit or officer code (not a standard crime code)
[3]
4-2-2: Unit or officer code (not a standard crime code)
[4]
2033: Could reference a time or unit, not a crime code
[5]
1431: Likely a time or unit, not a crime code
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Location mentioned:
E 35th St & E Roosevelt Ave, Tacoma, WA 98404
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