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A man threatened with an axe near Forsyth TechWinston Salem NC

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audio iconWeapons
Silas Creek Pkwy, Winston-Salem, NC 27103

As discussed during the dispatch call, a man without shoes, wearing a black tank top, was seen near Forsyth Tech Community College waving his hands and carrying an axe. Police used a taser to subdue him and secured the weapon in a vehicle. EMS was called to the scene.

Audio|Heard on: Forsyth NC Law Dispatch Group Calls
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01:37
Transcript:
00:00
I'm over here at CC1, not CC1.
00:03
I notice a white male with a black tank top,
00:08
no shoes,
00:11
carrying some type of weapon, waving his hands up and down.
00:15
Can you get a unit here?
00:17
One fourteen to control.
00:19
I'll already be en route.
00:21
Ten-four.
00:23
Three-o-two.
00:24
What kind of weapon does he have in his hand?
00:26
One-four ten.
00:27
Two-twenty-three.
00:29
One-four. It's like he may have some sort of axe in his hands.
00:32
Another officer.
00:34
One of three, two-druth.
00:37
One of three, three.
00:40
Ten point, sir.
00:45
Control, we've got the line is up.
00:48
It doesn't be.
00:49
Control tasers also been deployed.
00:52
104. Can you also please be in? Oh yeah.
00:57
104. Calling you EMS right now.
01:04
Just 1014.
01:05
We're on the phone with EMS right now.
01:08
Just 1014. The EMS.
01:09
is in route to the scene.
01:11
Control.
01:13
All officers, are you all code four? Yeah,
01:18
4. Central office 27, when you're ready?
01:20
Go ahead.
01:22
Control, we've got us.
01:23
The weapon.
01:24
Locked up in the vehicle.
01:26
Affirming a weapon is in the vehicle.
01:29
I can repeat.
01:31
Confirming that the weapon is in a vehicle.
01:34
Secure the weapon in the vehicle.
01:37
Okay.

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Location mentioned:
Silas Creek Pkwy, Winston-Salem, NC 27103
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