Woman threatens person with knife at Westford apartment, Westford MA

Weapons

Reported: 10/20/2025 09:26 AM

Westford, MA 01886

A woman threatened a person with a knife in Common Apartment 2 in Westford. The person threatened locked themselves in a room to stay safe. One injury occurred and medical help was called to the scene.

Audio|Source: New Bedford Police, Fire and EMS

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Transcript:

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28, Common Apartment 2, Westford Disturban, College, states that a female is standing no more than I.

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Okay.

00:15

All right. All right. All right.

00:16

Control.

00:19

Last unit.

00:22

Control, does the female have a knife in hand or is she just threatening someone or something?

00:28

We still have one on the line. We're trying to figure that out now.

00:36

File on, Raditerree Portable.

00:40

Go ahead, Light a tree portable.

00:46

This is an update. We have one injury here.

00:49

One patient needs to go to the hospital.

00:55

Myron, copy, it's going to be one injury at the scene.

00:58

BFI's you'll be getting Farraven medics.

01:04

A lot of three copies.

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We're getting paired.

01:06

We're getting paired medics.

01:08

A lot of three is clear the scene.

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Inters 6 is going to stay here.

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File or copy by the clear scene and 16.

01:19

As it comes in the basement of them.

01:21

Do you have another call?

01:25

Can you make your way to self-seconding for there's a motor vehicle access if they're even coming to getting for a mail complaint of vaccine?

01:33

Receive.

01:37

Control, do you have any ETA on them?

01:40

Because 96 also needs me to respond to them if possible.

01:48

I can call if anything given me one check of us.

01:51

Copy.

01:59

Control the image was responded to Tom and that female did have a nice in her hand and pointed it at the middle. Many left himself in the room.

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