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Man armed with firearm tracked near Ameriplex and Dune ParkChesterton IN

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Near W Dunes Hwy, Chesterton, IN 46304

A male subject experiencing a mental health crisis called a crisis hotline and said he was armed with a loaded gun. Law enforcement tracked his phone using location pings and last found him in wooded areas near Ameriplex and later near the Dune Park South Shore Station. Officers are searching parking lots for his vehicle in an effort to locate him.

Audio|Source: Porter County Public Safety
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Transcript:
00:00
Kenthorth, do we have anything in-house on him?
00:02
Also, when was the last thing and that hasn't moved?
00:05
We just got an updated location showing 3,300-meter radius peeing behind DHS on AmeriPlex, 64-ton Ameriplex.
00:18
Pinging in woods near TaguMatt.
00:24
I get your drum.
00:29
Ten-four. I'll be enraudization.
00:31
I'll grab it.
00:36
See Meripal.
00:37
In fact, Ameriplex adjoes.
00:40
Cross on.
00:46
How far apart those things were?
00:52
The one that I just provided,
00:57
they just called about,
01:01
the initial call came in at 205.
01:14
Okay, address, help me second.
01:19
2-01.
01:24
26.
01:26
We, they obtained the date of birth from Facebook.
01:31
We attempted to look in-house, we're not locating anything.
01:38
The 26 shortage.
01:42
Good.
01:44
We ran the 27th showing an address in Lafayette.
01:52
We're able to obtain possible 28.
01:57
Stand by.
02:02
Can I be checking several vehicles in the employee parking lab, DHL?
02:11
Clear.
02:13
Fort is one idea that, by the fan of the nobody got the crack.
02:21
Case for a crash investigation.
02:25
...through the wrong.
02:29
Offerner to the Crisis Hotline, advise he had a loaded firearm.
02:35
If you want to wait until someone's with you to be checking vehicles and...
02:41
Fortage, 207. Round 1023, too alone.
02:46
2.7. 2.7.
02:48
4. Just 2.10. Return.
02:54
2.10.
02:59
Portage.
03:02
Go ahead. Go ahead. We got a 28 offices 27 showing H. Henry and Nora 5398, H.N.
03:13
5398, returning on a black jeep.
03:18
2021.
03:23
Let me put that in Fox, see where it's hit.
03:31
All right there, yeah.
03:33
Okay.
03:38
So what it's going from? Back in Ralph from station?
03:41
Okay,
03:43
for him.
03:48
Go forward to shoot them. Can you revise the subject name?
03:54
The A.
03:55
(name withheld).
04:03
Quarter did you want to speaking with an employee in the lot? I'll be going to the business with them, see if they have any employee records for them.
04:11
Sir.
04:17
Tom.
04:19
For units 43, the last hit-up shallot-off flock is in the area of typically New County, Southbound.
04:28
Alde 26 at 1539.
04:36
Information,
04:38
reference,
04:40
suicidal mail, their Newton County is now advising, pinging at the Dune Park, South Shore Station.

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Near W Dunes Hwy, Chesterton, IN 46304

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