Suspicious person with knife seen at Dollar Tree store, Tyler TX
Suspicious ActivityOfficers responded to a report at Dollar Tree near South Broadway in Tyler, Texas, about a man wearing all black and a ski mask carrying a bag with a knife. The man entered the store but was not located inside or outside upon police arrival.
Audio|Source: Smith County Sheriff, Tyler Police, and Tyler Fire
04:35
Transcript:
00:00
261, 282, suspicious person at the Dollar Tree, near South Broadway.
00:04
A man wearing a face mask and all black entered the Dollar Tree with a bag containing a knife.
00:11
Your caller's 104 by phone.
00:18
161, was the knife just in the bag or was it taken out?
00:24
I'm getting that information shortly.
00:32
71, I'm near 61's call heading to Wazewell.
00:36
Ten-four.
00:38
We're trying to get more information.
00:40
You'll do this.
00:41
Just a minute.
00:47
64.
00:49
Go ahead.
00:51
I'm responding to a white male at this location.
00:57
Call, are you on?
01:00
See you miss out.
01:01
Forests, west.
01:02
Southwest.
01:11
The caller went to the Dollar Tree on South Broadway.
01:16
The caller works next door at Hangers of Hope and saw the man enter the store; he has not seen him leave.
01:29
254, we're nearby, what's going on?
01:33
The white male in a ski mask wearing all black walked into the Dollar Tree; a caller saw a knife in his bag.
01:41
We're clear of any crash reports and are on the scene.
01:45
10-4[1].
01:50
94, close Channel 1 for this, in case it develops further.
01:55
104, Channel 1 is closed.
02:01
Before entering the store, are you still on the line with anyone?
02:06
Negative, the caller could not see anything and returned to Hangers of Hope.
02:11
Is this the Dollar Tree in beat 3-9, beat 7?
02:22
I want to be clear, it's the Dollar Tree in beat 3-1 and set the call over to that hanger next door.
02:28
Yeah, he said...
02:29
So we're at the one lot farther south, so we're not at it.
02:33
Ten-four, I'll take you off.
02:40
71, 1050.
02:47
104. Yes, what's the caller's name on this?
02:56
Caller is (name withheld).
03:07
Can you change the address to near Broadway?
03:11
1094?
03:23
104. 42, you're rookie.
03:25
Bump the radio.
03:31
Forty-two. We're just out at the Hangers of Hope or Dollar Tree call.
03:35
Ten-four.
03:36
Y'all are ten-four.
03:39
Okay.
03:43
Okay.
03:51
One,
03:52
five Dollar Tree.
03:53
I'm not locating anyone matching that description.
03:58
Received; the man did come on foot, as the caller reported, and has not been seen leaving.
04:11
May or may not be in the back then.
04:31
State 21, the bathrooms are clear and we're not finding anyone at Dollar Tree matching that description.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment—message received, understood, or OK.
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