Police respond to armed suicidal person in West Chicago, West Chicago IL
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, police and medics responded to a home near George Street in West Chicago for a suicidal 17-year-old male reportedly armed with a knife and threatening to confront officers. The caller reported the subject had sent text messages indicating he intended to provoke police into shooting him. Officers secured the area and made contact with the individual.
Audio|Heard on: DuPage IL Law Dispatch Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
Three Zero One, have respond with the medics for suicidal subject at the scene at the back.
00:05
What?
00:07
Hey everyone, I'll get you another unit back.
00:10
Three hundred and nine George Street, near George Street, across from Vine and Sherman at.
00:16
Ex-girlfriend on the phone says her now ex-boyfriend (name withheld), a seventeen-year-old male, is being heard that he's going to commit suicide because she broke up with him.
00:27
She said we have received a text message saying that he has a knife and he's waiting for cops to get it.
00:33
Stated I am ready to come out there and fight.
00:37
Said (name withheld) is about 6 ft, weighs 300 pounds, lives with two eighty-year-old grandparents who she's been unable to reach.
00:45
What the ****?
00:48
Yeah.
00:52
I already threw my throw over there.
00:54
Okay.
00:55
And unit's going to George Street.
00:58
Caller didn't tell (name withheld) that she was sending police and our six-six on him.
01:05
Two,
01:06
four, two,
01:08
one or twenty-three.
01:11
All right, (name withheld) is still texting the caller.
01:15
Mostly more threat about having a knife or rushing at people until they shoot him.
01:22
Going to stop.
01:24
That was stop.
01:27
All right, Delta One, it's going to be near Butterfield Road.
01:30
Butterfield near (number withheld), (number withheld).
01:38
302, can you give us a channel?
01:40
We'll make one take her.
01:46
Southwest units hold all emergency traffic for West Chicago being secure.
01:51
She wore shields over here in the closet of the house.
01:56
Yeah,
01:59
we got him open the front window.
02:03
I'm out of there for a 2nd.
02:07
Name is (name withheld).
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Location mentioned:
George St, West Chicago, IL 60185
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