Man with handgun swims in canal ignoring police orders, Phoenix AZ


A man armed with a handgun and an extended magazine is swimming northwest through a canal near Indian School Rd and N 16th St in Phoenix. Police have set up teams on both sides of the canal with ladders for him to exit, but he is refusing to comply with orders or exit the water.
Audio|Source: Phoenix Police
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Transcript:
00:00
Cut it handgun with an extended matter.
00:03
I kept taking it out and putting it back in. Lashin walking towards a circle K with a Hispanic female 50s.
00:10
No one for contact, 1517.
00:17
Yeah, I think I remember at 600 unit entered up, he can go back.
00:20
We appreciate his help.
00:24
Happy, thank you.
00:25
I said you already took them off the call.
00:32
12th.
00:36
You see me that's your PMRB.
00:40
Okay.
00:46
We've got 3044 West Laurel Lane in the south of the Federal Health.
00:51
They want to have two former clients removed from outside. One's a white male, his name is (name withheld). He's wearing a black shirt, jeans, and the shoes.
00:58
Second, one's a white female named (name withheld). She's wearing purple dress, black boots. No, up and seen.
01:03
Cresden for a contact is 1518.
01:10
Sam 616, 16, I'm on Adam 7, 17.
01:12
It's coming from 8-Hard.
01:14
Okay.
01:16
So, you're going to Canal 6th and Strait Indians.
01:20
Great is right? Yeah, you want you to get me over here watching the south side? I'm going to take this way on this now.
01:27
I'm going to Henry.
01:28
Yeah, I'll get back on this top side.
01:32
Yeah, we get something out the south east side.
01:37
See ya. Vince, bring your 40 over here, Dave, keep your 40 there.
01:41
Have you some of these smart cars to stop this traffic?
01:47
Next year, coming 23 northbound Hapford, eastbound trucks block off that whole lane, one, two, and three.
01:58
That was one of the 245[2] long tier over, did he have any weapons?
02:05
That's right, I have another scene.
02:08
Go on.
02:12
Let's block all west down traffic at 16th Street on Indian school.
02:21
We have 16 India referencing your call. The son left, the complaint at 1 of the 22, but we advise that we cannot 22, a type of call like this.
02:39
We just saw like two Pejorio PD patrol cars, go in code, Northrod,
02:48
off the 16th Street approaching. So there was some anti-type vehicles. Just one thing, is there anything that we should know about that's happening with Pure PD?
02:57
Let me check.
03:04
He's just sitting underneath at me the tool.
03:11
So if I have no copy, just go and give me lethal, less lethal on both exits of the canal.
03:17
We'll let him sit there, we'll wait for dispatch. He gets a channel to clear up ADAC, and then we'll start communicating with them once we're ready and switch.
03:29
You've got Kenan pushing away as well.
03:33
He's pushing towards the snow, I guess. Outside.
03:38
421[3] Tom, it looks like the pierre is code 4 for now, as he was trying to catch a 245[2] assault suspect, that they are code 4 for now.
03:49
21[3], Tom, I copy that. Thank you.
03:56
Hey,
03:58
he's hugging the wall over here on the south side.
04:00
Good job. He's coming out right here.
04:10
His name is (name withheld) for an 88, Hispanic male, black shirt, no sleeves, and a weapon.
04:15
My verbal staff refusing to leave. He's currently in the lobby.
04:23
This really can approve our bookie.
04:29
Look at it.
04:35
Copy, thank you.
04:41
Howdy's talking about? She doesn't know what I'm going to rest.
04:43
Trying to figure out how you can get out.
04:46
I think he's talking in the age, he's turning on the ladder.
04:55
We spelled, I could tell him known if he's on foot or any vehicle, 1522.
05:00
I'm going to meet with regular traffic to Charlie's 13.
05:09
75 items. Yeah, we're going to be working this for a little bit.
05:14
So any other 700 units that are not on this canal traffic? Charlie 13, they will start to stretching calls over then.
05:20
Again, Charlie 13 for any other traffic than the canal.
05:23
Call it for contact.
05:27
1623 is there you have to follow?
05:31
950. 950. Okay.
05:33
Okay. Okay.
05:43
70s.
05:44
6080 home row, 612 feet.
05:52
613. It's going to be worked on Charlie 6.15, 23rd.
06:00
6. 6.13, Frank.
06:02
Thank you.
06:12
Thank you. 900[1].
06:14
900[1] on the window.
06:20
6.505. It can be 52, 2, as Glendale Avenue 104, is the end of the possible CIT situation for a 21[3] from.
06:29
English tier of Sutton,
06:32
614 of 2001 in front, was just on the calls of the prize, unknown,
06:37
unknown 20 on Glendale, advised.
06:41
They threatened to go back home, Kabagani come back and do something with it. She seemed to offend.
06:47
She came in from the Solari, and it's 1524, it's like 50, 26, 90s center earlier.
06:58
24. 24.
07:02
If I was seen go.
07:05
Any careful. Yeah, I'm bringing one out.
07:12
He is swimming northwest down through the canal.
07:17
We have teams on both sides of the canal with ladders for him to use at exit, but we're getting noncompliant.
07:25
We're getting noncompliant. He's not complete. He's not complete. He's not complete.
07:35
He's always 22 weeks.
07:42
Air 23 looks like you got a lot of people. You could probably get the cars out of the street on anything in school if you want to.
07:50
Some people want to follow along canal with them. We might meet them at the next bridge.
07:56
Other than that, once we get some of these cars out of the roadway, we can open up east and westbound.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
900: Emergency response for welfare check, unknown trouble, medical issue, or person in mental distress.
[2]
245: Assault involving a deadly weapon or other means likely to cause serious injury.
[3]
21: Request to make contact by telephone.
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Location mentioned:
N 16th St & E Indian School Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85016
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