Male threatens suicide after taking medication at home, Brooklyn OH


A woman reported that her brother inside their home threatened to commit suicide after taking a large amount of medication. She found a gun in the house and secured it in her car. Their mother and two small dogs are also inside. Emergency responders are nearby awaiting police to secure the scene.
Audio|Source: Chagrin Valley Dispatch - Brecksville
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Transcript:
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Brooklyn units that are available. Can you start responding over to near Northcliff Ave? We have a female on the line that says her brother is inside the house, threatening suicide, taking lots of medications.
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She found a gun in the house but took it and has it locked inside her vehicle at this time.
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Again, he's inside, she is outside.
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Their father passed away three weeks ago, and the brother's been spiraling ever since.
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Copy, thank you.
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That'd be more with the house numbers.
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Near Northcliff.
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7-9-rated.
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Go ahead.
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64, you go ahead. I'm on that more. No, we're not going to pick up. I'm ahead of Northcliff.
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Okay, I copy.
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Okay.
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Attention, Brooklyn Medical, Med3, Unit Brooklyn Station 1, Unit 2141.
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Respond to near Northcliff Avenue,
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Brooklyn.
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1851 Radio.
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Go ahead.
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1551 Radio.
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Go ahead.
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2141, if you could stage near Northcliff. We have a report of a younger male that's threatening suicide and taking lots of meds, PDR in route, because there's also a gun on the house.
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Our caller,
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I'm trying to get further on this call. I'll let you know that it's a male that took some medicine for suicide purposes.
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All right, employee, you already put this out.
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Fire just passed 30 left.
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Kathy.
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Go on. I'm James.
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73.
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And have the FD staged down the street for us.
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We're on it.
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Sure, sticking to the radio. We were on that, is out of the Vali.
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Dispatch from 3141.
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31, go ahead.
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And just further talking to the caller, the mother is in the living room.
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Caller can see her from the front porch where she is. The brother's in his room on the second floor at the back of the house.
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She's unsure if there's any other guns in the house. She does not believe so. There's two small dogs as well.
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This name is (name withheld). He's a 53-year-old male.
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Enquarters, station one on service.
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Copy 1735.
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Tell her if she can do so safely without entering the house, has the grandmother come outside also.
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Hi, Copy.
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Dispatchment 2141, we're going to be her house.
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Copy, if you could just stage down the street and tell PD advises, the scene is clear.
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21 for you, Kathy.
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Near Northcliff.
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Copy.
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Near Northcliff Ave, Brooklyn, OH 44144
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