Man attempts suicide by car then flees on foot in park, Spokane WA


Police responded to a suicidal man who attempted to kill himself by driving his car at high speed. Others blocked him and broke his car window to remove him. He then fled on foot through a nearby park. No weapons were found.
Audio|Source: Spokane City Law Enforcement
03:28
Transcript:
00:00
Talking to a gentleman who's seen two suspects male-female in a red sedan... Thank you. If you can start for... ...who rub a female... ...but basically Barnes and Pamela for a suicidal subject.
00:14
Compliance says that his 21-year-old friend (name withheld) is suicidal and having one-o-five... ...knuck out his window and got into his vehicle.
00:23
They've since blocked him in and he's been trying to drive through their vehicles. They did just break his car window to get him out of the vehicle.
00:29
They did just make his car window to get him out of the vehicle. And it sounds like they're talking to as Joe Ann, so likely the Jordan fellow that called it.
00:41
Kenny? Barrington, Pamela.
00:46
There you get around.
00:49
Two 20-year-round.
00:52
280 in route.
00:56
246, you can stack me and I can go for the sergeant.
01:02
280, I appreciate it, but I'll think you.
01:07
And he's now running away from them going eastbound.
01:20
I'm working on description.
01:27
On 240. Go ahead.
01:31
Did we have any luck with an RP for this? It's just unsecure.
01:39
Looks like we tried multiple times and got no answer.
01:47
Copy there's somebody on site you can just record.
01:51
Copy.
01:52
Three units responding on the suicidal updated location is actually going to be Pamela and Roll.
02:02
Go ahead. So he's going northbound on Pamela.
02:06
I'm going to have two last names.
02:10
Gonzales,
02:12
George Poconora, Zebra, Adam, Lincoln, Edward Zebra.
02:16
Second last name. Molina. Medina, yes.
02:20
Correction. Medina.
02:21
Mary, Edward, David, Ida, Nora, Adam.
02:24
First of Johan.
02:25
John, Ocean, Henry, Adam, Nora.
02:30
7.31,
02:32
1990.
02:34
Okay.
02:40
It's going to be in locally.
02:43
Status Aero drivers is going to be valid.
02:46
Don't be thinking.
02:52
The units responding on suicide, probably going to be the same, but we've got another caller at near North Terry, who says that there's some people with a truck and two cars that are arguing in front of his location.
03:06
So we're a couple blocks off there, but sounds like it's probably going to be related.
03:11
For the subject on your call, he's currently walking through the park on one of the past.
03:20
He did confirm (name withheld) does not have any weapons.
03:23
His intention was to drive his vehicle at a high rate of speed into something else to kill himself.
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Location mentioned:
S Park Dr, Spokane, WA 99203
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