Suspect flees after attempted business burglary on Westerville Road, Columbus OH
BurglaryPolice responded to a burglary alarm at a business near Westerville Road. A male suspect, about six feet tall, jumped a fence and fled on foot towards Sunbury. Officers found signs of forced entry and a crowbar near the back door. The suspect was not caught, and police are searching the area using drones and vehicles.
Audio|Source: Columbus Police Zone 1
03:29
Transcript:
00:00
Hearing information is presented to for officer safety. It's going to be in the area of Westerville Road and Morse Road, Westerville Road and Morse.
00:07
City was out in the area for a burglary alarm and had a six-foot-tall male suspect jump a fence and take off on foot towards Westerville Road from Morse.
00:18
They no longer have visual of them. Again, it was out of a burglary alarm, six-foot-tall male suspect, unknown clothing description,
00:25
stood off from police after jumping a fence in the area.
00:28
(number withheld) Rail is from Morse Road.
00:30
Here are you sit near Westerville Road.
00:32
Units can shut down on three but keep the cars coming.
00:37
Six-three, show down on 103. Shows down the 103. Cars continue in.
00:45
Eight twelve. Eight twelve.
00:46
Eight twelve.
00:50
Morning, man. In service, unit six V eight three.
00:53
Good morning, 431. Good morning, 431.
00:59
Anyone? Did anybody already ask? Chopper's up?
01:04
Chopper's not up.
01:06
I have the Com channel call to see if they'll come up.
01:13
Tar is on the 103. See if we made contact with the chopper. They're unable to come up due to limited air time.
01:23
Two-five-five, you can't have me.
01:31
He ran towards Sunbury, like Thornapple area.
01:37
Probably ran towards Sunbury Thorneapples.
01:40
Do we have any drone operators on the air, possibly in zone 2 on the east side?
01:49
Cars just responded on the 103s to the advisors county.
01:53
Cars in the area, three and Morse, just to be advised for an updated location. It initially started near Westerville Road. That was the burglary that responded to, near Westerville Road,
02:05
and now suspect six-foot-tall took off from them after hopping the fence towards Sunbury.
02:10
I was going to try to get a drone up.
02:13
Yeah, that's where we're on it.
02:16
Six-knit copy.
02:18
And car 34 from the county is headed out that way with a drone.
02:27
Two nine three, it looks like they were trying to pry a door open.
02:32
Probably.
02:37
Six-three.
02:38
Six-three guys.
02:45
I have an attempt with 47A[1] on the back door and there's also like a crowbar just sit and out of it.
02:52
I copy an attempt on the back door and you also found the crowbar.
03:00
Four thirty and four thirty eight.
03:06
Four thirty. Four thirty.
03:08
Four thirty eight. Four thirty eight.
03:13
The car's well being checked. It's going to be next to (number withheld) Grayson Drive, possibly near Grayson Drive for the caller.
03:21
They said their neighbor's dogs went out for the last hour barking and that's unusual for them to leave them outside.
03:26
They want them to check on them. They think something may be wrong at the house.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
47A: Unknown
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Location mentioned:
Near Westerville Rd, Columbus, OH 43231
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