Potentially suicidal male walking near school in Amarillo, Amarillo TX


Police and fire units responded to a report of a potentially suicidal male walking near a school and Dollar General on Plains Ave in Amarillo. The individual was described as a white male in a tan and black shirt and black shorts, possibly on the phone and acting erratically. Units were advised to prevent him from reaching the school as he was holding something to his head and there were ongoing safety concerns.
Audio|Source: Amarillo Police and Fire
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Transcript:
00:00
He's stating now that he's on the trail.
00:07
Just five, you know what Charlie's talking about?
00:11
Standby, I'm trying to get a better pain.
00:14
Just past engine five.
00:16
You are for disregard.
00:18
He's last engine 1384 station, please.
00:22
He's probably on rails for trails, walking towards the O'Reilly is based off the directions given.
00:28
Thank you. Okay. Okay.
00:30
Okay.
00:33
7,8, 104.
00:37
6-74, I'm 20 through the area.
00:40
He's still trying to be pinging in that same location.
00:44
Uncertainty is about 30 meters.
00:47
Dispac engine A also be advised.
00:49
Cina is not clear for you to enter.
00:53
Engine 8's clear, we'll stage.
00:56
104.
00:58
6774, I'm at planes and Dixie, I don't see anything,
01:04
yeah.
01:10
6474, we're going to be coming from the Georgia side.
01:16
Ten and four, I just don't want them coming up on the school.
01:23
Yeah, 24-4.
01:29
Can we change the address to Alabama?
01:34
Ten-four.
01:39
DeCrasion, today, address was changed again. It's going to be 900-South Alabama.
01:48
First 60, whoever gets over there first on scene.
01:52
Park on the plains side of this school,
01:55
make sure he doesn't get there.
01:57
Right's clear 900, Alabama.
02:03
214.
02:06
6-74, that's where I'm at right now.
02:10
This match is at 8-staged.
02:13
5-5-7, 1042.
02:16
Copy 8 is staged.
02:18
Stafford.
02:20
This match is an engine 13. We mark this in course, please.
02:23
June 13. June 14, please please.
02:26
3.41.
02:29
341.
02:32
Southeast 17th and Lincoln on a verbal?
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242. 342.
02:39
242.
02:42
6-3. There is an individual on rails for trails.
02:46
It's going to be about 200 yards west of the O'Reilly's.
02:52
It's going to be black shorts, black shirt.
02:54
Yeah, I'm going to be talking on the phone.
03:02
Units in route. It looks like this subject attended last month as well.
03:10
There's a problem approach and, uh,
03:15
burger barrel, I don't say anything yet.
03:22
Six, so it's gonna be more towards behind the Dollar General Family Dollar, whichever one it is.
03:30
He's on the phone, have the phone on his left hand, I can't see his right hand.
03:34
Dispatch engineer, Ate, do you have a subject description?
03:39
My hand's in his pocket right now.
03:43
253. 253, go ahead.
03:46
Negative.
03:48
The subject is the caller.
03:49
They're choosing to provide description.
03:52
It's like Pee's got eyes on him, closer to the Dollar General.
03:56
We got him over here by the scared of the square ground.
04:00
Time for any unit not clear.
04:02
Did they clear?
04:04
Closer to your Dollar General.
04:07
Can you all ten, nine.
04:09
5355 and by the scaregrounds right here on 10th of the dollar general
04:16
6355s down that right side and take you trying to go out of the neighborhood or anything like that
04:21
Ten four I got six seven four do we think it's the guy in all black still ten four six five ten four
04:38
units on the suicide car he's now saying he's a white male with a tan and black shirt and black shorts
04:43
this last internet we now have a description it's going to be a white male tan and black shirt black shorts
04:50
Page clear.
04:52
104, we're down here.
04:55
263 of those guys, 17253 are on flames in front of Miller.
05:01
6 and 4. I'm to the west of M. So watch out of us crossfire, please.
05:09
3.33, sound sorry.
05:15
You know what traffic?
05:17
6-7-4. Will y'all all tell him that I'm gonna give him a call please? 7.3.
05:24
3.36 on 30.
05:26
Show me around 13,
05:28
21 southeast and not for follow up in all of us.
05:31
Check.
05:32
You'll tell him Officer Kelly's gonna call him.
05:37
Dispatch engine 7 in the quarters.
05:39
Copy engine 7 and quarters.
05:42
If we just dropped this rolling through the end of it.
05:46
3.41-23.
05:49
Go-4.
05:51
Just 5-2-6, we're going to be in service, right back to District 6.
05:54
2 .4.
05:57
Just back, engine 6.
05:58
We have station coverage and release them.
06:01
24.
06:03
Just 5. Engine 5, are you clear on that traffic?
06:09
355.
06:12
Dispidson-5-0 for coverage.
06:15
2.5-5. Go ahead. Okay, I'll go ahead and re-up, hit you.
06:21
4520, South Georgia, reference,
06:25
abuse, no Southsidecom, please.
06:27
Be advised, it does look like his right, hoodie pocket is hanging like person waited.
06:33
10-4[1].
06:34
253. Two-five three.
06:45
Go ahead.
06:47
I could have you pull west on a welfare check, Alabama, and southeast third.
06:51
It's going to be a white male no shirt and gray or blue jeans walking south.
06:56
May be advised you to just take something out of his pocket. He's holding it up to his head now.
07:04
Oh, please.
07:05
Five six is in.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment; message received or understood.
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Plains Ave, Amarillo, TX
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