Man with scissors spotted near Aviation Hwy in Tucson, Tucson AZ


Police are monitoring a man holding a pair of scissors near the westbound lanes of Aviation Highway in Tucson. The man is standing near the road and officers are keeping their distance. They have requested to shut down westbound traffic and called for a hostage negotiator due to the potential risk.
Audio|Source: Tucson Police/Fire Citywide
05:21
Transcript:
00:00
I'll have I see over here. He's now closer to aviation.
00:05
We're probably 60 yards away from him, just trying to hold our distance.
00:10
Can we get another unit to go to aviation, shut down westbound traffic?
00:18
Westbound traffic from Tucson.
00:26
1024, 1076, 161, 161, 1954.
00:30
The advice is going to be a partner, 204.
00:38
Aviation, westbound lanes,
00:40
and he's probably going to go towards the eastbound lanes, but he's just standing around.
00:47
945, Debroughby, the Bravo's call.
00:51
Correct.
00:52
Umbrella 3-1, we're just east of the off-ramp for Keno here on aviation.
01:13
Paramedicate 79, you've been rerouted. Response code 3, breathing problem.
01:17
(number withheld) West American Avenue, (number withheld) West American Avenue, and Oracle. Paramedicate 79, code 3.
01:29
The train 2.3 now from 2nd.
01:34
Copy.
01:36
This is sort of going to block eastbound traffic, and we'll go ahead and block westbound.
01:41
It's going to get a little complicated, but it's going to have to be west of Teno here.
01:51
11,800 north and 2,500 west.
01:54
We spawn on A6F.
02:00
Number 317.
02:07
And bro, 3-1, if we could start for a hostage negotiator.
02:13
When you try to speak with him in the wash,
02:15
he seen number 6 ignored us. He had a pair of scissors in his hands, and he just retreated and went this way.
02:21
2-4?
02:27
Go into CSI.C.
02:33
30-160.
02:38
347.
02:42
2.9 and as Phoenix?
02:48
Level 347, B 10244.
02:54
Go ahead, Bravo 347.
02:57
Be 1024. 1954.
03:05
Title 34.
03:08
We're about three four.
03:11
That's one of four.
03:16
1954.
03:18
21, good evening.
03:24
Good morning,
03:28
1954. Good morning, 1954.
03:29
Until 1954.
03:36
Be a hard to try to communicate with him from here due to all the traffic.
03:44
Respond on A5 East.
03:51
975.
03:55
A Level 2.
03:58
Explo, level 3, general broadcast exposure, 3128, north first at Circle K, 65 event, 1,245, 95.
04:11
635, West Roger Road, 4,000 north and 800 West. Respond on A3 North.
04:22
746, I can shut down westbound traffic at aviation at Tucson.
04:27
I'll just block the on-ranks beyond aviation.
04:31
Make it okay.
04:36
If you could just block the traffic and make them go on to the on-rack. That should work.
04:48
Sanporta Bravo 3-1. Are you east or west of him?
04:51
I'm not trying to get to where you're at.
04:54
We are to the north by the industrial park.
04:57
There's one fence between us and him, and obviously the westbound lanes.
05:08
All right, support. You want me to you then or somewhere?
05:14
If you could just come to us, we want to see where we can find that break in the fence that he took to get to where he's at.
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E Aviation Hwy, Tucson, AZ
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