77-Year-Old Man With Dementia Makes Suicidal Threats, Habersham County GA
Medical EmergencyA 77-year-old man with dementia recently released from a psychiatric hospital is alone at home making suicidal threats. He threatened to hang himself and said he would try to make law enforcement shoot him. His wife has left and is watching from a nearby gas station using security cameras.
Audio|Source: Habersham County Emergency Services
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Transcript:
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The wife left and contacted the veteran crisis line. We're both real in line with them both now. He just got out of the psych hospital last night, had an episode all night, was not given any medications.
00:13
He's 77-year-old, does have dementia.
00:21
Go.
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I'll do this 509 for the moment.
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24, he's by himself, we get the 1012 line.
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124.
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124. 130's going to be a round.
00:50
You have 308. We're out with her.
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Timeful. 308, clear. 3.08, clear.
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3.8, District. Yeah, traffic.
01:03
If you can ride with 130 to 416 Walbury Pass off of Fred Pitts Road, 77-year-old making suicidal threats.
01:14
Clear, I've been right.
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33.8, I'll be coming from McGahy and Cornelia. You want a 25 somewhere rolling together.
01:28
I'll give it 21 when to get in the truck.
01:30
I just got out here to do a report, so take me just a minute.
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Temple.
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Tim Creek, command dispatch.
01:43
Command.
01:45
Command.
01:48
Methodist preparing one for Hibersham, no advisor, Scottish.
01:51
Pige 14 will be in service.
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Command is terminated.
01:56
Clear.
02:02
One thirty this, gosh, can we get a physical description including what he's wearing since it seems like he's wandering?
02:09
Okay.
02:16
She does have cameras, had seen him puttering around in the garage, no longer has eyes on him through the camera. She's standing by at the gas station up the road.
02:24
77-year-old male, bald, whiskers, no teeth, blue jeans, white t-shirt.
02:33
Temple.
02:36
What's his name?
02:39
(name withheld).
02:42
Tenfold, thank you.
02:44
Thank you.
02:47
Do we know his means as far as he has the means?
02:52
If he has any medical conditions, anything like that?
02:58
He had threatened to hang himself.
03:01
He no longer has firearms,
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but he advised he would make law enforcement shoot him that they showed up.
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He does have dementia.
03:11
He just was released out of the psych hospital last night, not taking meds.
03:16
There was an incident about three weeks ago,
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ongoing with stalking and trying to find his wife that had left him.
03:29
Wife standing by at the gas station, she'll advise further. She sees anything else on the camera.
03:36
Here, thank you.
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Fred Pitts Rd, Georgia
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