Male threatens teenagers with knife and assaults one, Tucson AZ
WeaponsA male pulled a knife on a group of teenagers near North Houghton in Tucson. One teenager used pepper spray on him. The male then assaulted one teen during the altercation near a bus at Bay 4.
Audio|Source: Tucson Police East Division
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Transcript:
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Can you start for this level 2? I will fold near North Houghton.
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4.
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Unit 801, near North Houghton. 4111, Norton.
00:12
Let me play my call on all day.
00:15
10-4[1]. An open line, the desk can hear someone asking if someone's okay. No one was talking to the desk, just that a male pulled a knife on a group of teenagers,
00:25
and then the male got pepper sprayed,
00:28
and he's allegedly still on the bus. And there was some sort of alarm sounding in the background. It was hard to understand, but the line went in seven.
00:40
See if Sunshine knows anything about this?
00:46
Tom 71, I'm here responding, Code 3[2].
00:53
Tom 7.1, I copy.
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47, copy, copy, code the response.
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37, copy, go through response, 4-7-7-1. 7-1. All right, just copy it. Okay.
01:16
So nice coffee to go through.
01:23
1945.
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And I have a description of the male's white or Hispanic 30s, gray shirt, washed out jeans,
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black shoes. He's the one that got pepper sprayed because he pulled out a knife on a group of teenagers and then someone in that group then pepper sprayed him.
01:44
And then he started assaulting one of the teenagers.
01:48
We've got another caller now reporting that a teen girl's trucker straight-of-mail passenger and then as this fight ensues after, they're located in Bay 4. I'll ask where exactly that is.
02:04
Well, we'll take at least two more units with us.
02:11
A total of three units on this call now for Lincoln 7 and for Adam 5.3.
02:17
And they did mention something about a knife.
02:21
So all of the calls have mentioned that.
02:24
Just ask a call take where exactly day 4 is.
02:29
I was done when we copy and we have a 40.
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1946.
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Air 104.
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Four times seven one, do you on air for this?
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And Air One,
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sorry,
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you have a page for the Bravo 30s as well in three.
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Okay,
03:07
copy. There's a force on seven, either?
03:10
Yes, and as far as this call goes, we just have a location of near North Houghton and a male with a knife who assaulted a group of teenagers or tried to and then Bay Pepper sprayed him.
03:23
They're saying that, they mentioned that they're at a question, Bay 4. I don't know exactly where that is. I'm having the call takers ask because there's several callers.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment or affirmative—message received, understood, or OK.
[2]
Code 3: Emergency response with lights and sirens.
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Location mentioned:
Near N Houghton Rd, Tucson, AZ 85748
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