Teenager hides as intruder breaks into Tucson home, Tucson AZ


A 14-year-old girl called police while hiding in a closet during a burglary at a home near 6th Desert Valley in Tucson. She reported that an intruder entered through an unlocked front door, and she could hear the person quietly moving inside. No one else was supposed to be home. She and a friend were alone in the house. Police responded with multiple units and contained the scene.
Audio|Source: Tucson Police Midtown Division
05:16
Transcript:
00:00
10 seconds a minute after team four is sector 8 for a 1037 near 6th Desert Valley
00:10
alright if you can divert us
00:15
Ten form.
00:17
The caller says that somebody broke in and she's hiding in the closet. There's no description.
00:23
That's all we have to report.
00:25
Really, there's four units on the call.
00:29
Ten four on the road.
00:38
There's a complaint of saying that nobody else should be home, but the caller is 14 years old and is home alone with a friend, that they see someone's plea under the door from where they're hiding.
00:55
Four on a three to four you eight, myself, and a couple of squad six units are much closer if you'd like up two of us to the work.
01:13
Yeah, that's fine. I need someone to match in with a 14-year-old.
01:20
10-4[2]83, you can divert me, and we'll be Code 3[1].
01:24
And you can catch me in.
01:27
Go ahead.
01:32
4-U8, we can clear the air.
01:34
Units can continue code 3.
01:36
4-003 can advise on the air when he goes 23.
01:42
There's three units to respond code 325.
01:45
So let me know when you're ready for my 21?
01:52
Go ahead.
01:56
A 507879.
02:02
1840 that took there for a level 2, 6161, East Grant. They're sitting an Uber driver, dropped somebody off here. The passenger is saying she killed somebody.
02:15
26, can you copy that call?
02:17
We got to find 6 with arrow.
02:24
2315. Air is down at 16.
02:30
We're going to have traffic.
02:32
Adam, Sam, Adam,
02:34
9, Charles, Frank, the Speedway, Craig Cross.
02:39
And they're running a red right in front of me.
02:44
Any of the units in the area, see you're doing clickoff?
02:50
What direction is not traffic?
02:54
We came to a final stop.
02:56
We're just south of the U-Haul, Speedway, Craigcroft, 3.24.
03:04
Again, a speedway and Craig Cross stop of the U-Hol.
03:08
7 from 2-9 in Craig-Graw.
03:15
What unit was that? Your 10-1 to me.
03:19
Three Tom, seven.
03:25
A minute.
03:30
In front of me, 3.
03:34
(number withheld)-year-old stated that she left the front door unlocked and heard someone open the front door and walked in.
03:41
No one is supposed to be inside the house.
03:43
Her parents should not be home.
03:45
She's home alone right now in her room, but none of the doors locked.
03:48
And she can still hear the person walking around inside the house trying to be quiet.
03:56
8-8-10-sheet self-evac out of window.
04:02
Okay.
04:06
I don't mind six, um,
04:10
go for her.
04:12
Right Mn M83, she's trying to go out the window.
04:15
Myself in 6-7 or about a roll 23 will take the next unit to the rear for containment.
04:21
Nine of I see.
04:27
It looks like they're, you know, one of the front windows. I want to see if they can exit.
04:38
6-7 we do have a pack yarn alley did that's open
04:47
I can get that copy I'm at Reid's live and reader now
04:56
They are not able to exit through the window.
04:59
There's two of them inside the house not just the call
05:06
First, I don't code for it. Can I get an amine?
05:13
3, adamine for the effect as any sooner?
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Code 3: Emergency response with lights and sirens.
[2]
10-4: Acknowledgment or affirmative—message received, understood, or OK.
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Location mentioned:
Near E 6th St, Tucson, AZ 85710
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