Man with handgun seen walking on West Side Avenue, Jersey City NJ


A man with a handgun in his waistband and a woman were seen walking northbound on West Side Avenue. Police stopped a male at 15th and Coles streets in possible connection to an assault. A witness confirmed seeing a handgun. Initial suspect information was incorrect but updated details show the male was armed. Police are locating the individuals.
Audio|Source: Jersey City Police
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Transcript:
00:00
The FD. Lieutenant, put me off at 15th and calls. I have one stop possibly involved with this assault.
00:05
The other half of 2002 is trying to get information.
00:18
Hey, Mikey, you go over there, you need the car with you.
00:23
Free car, there's no rush.
00:25
It's a possible person in mental crisis.
00:28
Right now, just talking, waiting to get the other side of the story before I entertain them any further.
00:36
Before, hereby there, I'll have seen the calls with the test.
00:42
Before we see that.
00:48
Jeans that are ripped in the front with a great t-shirt, gray leather hat, long dreds.
00:55
The female he's walking with, she's wearing burgundy pants with a black jacket, possibly gray t-shirt underneath.
01:06
I see that.
01:14
Thornhill, Dispatch Raycefield, Thornhill, he's inside the building.
01:17
I don't know how the radio is in there.
01:22
West 2002, Thornhill.
01:28
Lieutenant, the individual is going to walk away. I was going to follow him until another unit gets closer.
01:37
All received that force. West 2002, Thorne Hill, on the year.
01:41
Two thousand two.
01:46
Yeah, your lieutenant has one male stop, 15th and Coles.
01:50
You have more information for him.
01:56
What was the other than that?
02:00
The 15th and Coles, you see you... I got eyes on him.
02:04
All right.
02:10
Can you head over to Bergen and Newkirk? Bergen and Newkirk.
02:13
This call has no information in the ticket. I just have a female down on the sidewalk.
02:17
MC's notified.
02:20
Proceed. Proceed.
02:26
West 4. Photocalls have 420 website.
02:31
Speaking with the male that actually observed, just with a hang gun. From the video, what is shown in the a LEO,
02:37
the male does appear to have a handgun on his waistband.
02:43
And as far as this update, from speaking here with this caller,
02:48
so original information we received from the LEO is incorrect.
02:52
The female and the male was last seen walking north on the website from the...
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