Three males seen pulling firearm at church alley, Columbus OH


Police responded to reports of two men and a 15-year-old walking in an alley near St. John's Lutheran Church and a funeral home. Witnesses saw the males pull out a firearm and point it at each other behind the church and funeral home on West Broad Street in Columbus, OH. The suspects were described wearing white shirts and pants, and fled the scene before officers arrived.
Audio|Source: Columbus Police Dispatch - Zone 3
03:20
Transcript:
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That's a 33[1] run, two males and a 15-year-old walking in the alley, one has a 33, male white shirt, dark-colored pants,
00:08
or unknown colored pants, male white, white shirt,
00:11
no, no colored pants.
00:14
He went behind the church in the alley,
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doesn't know the location, possibly near West Broad Street, St.
00:21
John's Lutheran Church.
00:22
Do you have anybody else can start that way?
00:29
That's 192 copy.
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That's 192 copy.
00:35
I'm pulling up over here.
00:41
Um, in rear with the church, but they might have went inside the snow coat.
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Okay.
00:46
Anybody else can serve that way?
00:51
Tonight too and Rob.
00:53
Okay. Okay.
00:56
Hey, you can add me.
00:57
Okay.
01:02
Cancel, panel control.
01:04
I found me on it.
01:06
Okay.
01:08
One of the callers is saying they went in rear of the funeral home over here behind Jerry Spears.
01:18
I got me, went in the rear of Jerry Spears.
01:26
One-five, two.
01:28
C.M.I. Will you go ahead.
01:35
One idea not seeing him back here.
01:38
I'm going to keep going eastbound in the alley.
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I'll keep going eastbound in the alley towards,
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see if I can pick them back up.
01:51
Give you description one more time.
01:55
A male, two males and a 15-year-old, male white shirt, male white, both of them have white shirts on, basically, and Pan, Snowco are on the pants.
02:09
Okay, yeah, I'm not seeing anybody matching that description. I'm going to check the old mobile at 2635. Someone else wants to check the Sonoco at Harrison Broad.
02:18
Make sure they didn't go into one of those stores.
02:25
You check the Sonoco? One night too, I'll check the Sunoco.
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Or I'll check the Harrison Broad.
02:38
Okay, copy.
02:41
One ninety-day, uh,
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mobile at Hogden and Bross Code 4.
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Okay.
02:53
One of the callers said that they were pulling the firearm out pointing at each other as one of the church attendees that sold it.
03:03
I copy, they were pulling the firearm out and pointing at each other.
03:11
The other two, did he give an age on the other two?
03:16
I just was talking about the 15-year-old that he saw.
Police codes explained
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[1]
33: Emergency radio traffic only; restricts non-essential communication due to a critical or dangerous situation.
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