Vehicle hits pedestrian; armed suspect flees nearby, Merrillville IN
WeaponsA vehicle struck a pedestrian near Washington Street. One suspect carrying a firearm ran southbound. Police are searching the area for armed suspects.
Audio|Source: Lake County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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90-60 and 901 for a PI[1] accident near Washington Street. That's 9010, 9060 and 901 for a PI accident near Washington Street.
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89 Central,
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we're responding also.
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18910 I copy. I have you interrupt near Washington Street for a vehicle versus pedestrian.
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It's going to be Southbound Broadway.
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We can get some units to come down on Georgia, take the east side.
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We've got the west side.
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Me and Paulson are between Virginia and Carolina and Alley.
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Blue, buddy, he took a shirt off, her eyes, a blue shirt, black pants.
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He was the one that was holding his right waistband, and then I saw the other one with the backpack. He actually had a firearm in his right hand when he was running southbound a few minutes ago.
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Hello, he was running southbound a few minutes ago.
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8960, I copy.
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I'm down in Georgia, about 38, 3,900 block.
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We got the north and south.
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Very young, I just see two males run right in front of your car,
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westbound.
Police codes explained
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PI: Incident involving personal injury, typically resulting from an accident or crash.
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Location mentioned:
Near Washington St, Merrillville, IN 46410
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