Man with weapon leaves home amid mental health crisis, Tucson AZ


Police responded to a mental health crisis involving a male at a home on E Lowell St. The man had a gun, recently lost his job, and there was a dog and a shotgun inside. Another woman in the home was safe. The man left the home carrying a suitcase and possibly had a barber's razor. Officers searched for the man wearing all blue near the corner of Congress and Granada.
Audio|Source: Tucson Police West Division
05:7
Transcript:
00:00
Yeah, we can probably use your agency abilities.
00:08
Copy.
00:09
C.09.
00:12
Double 3DOC at 1209 with St. Mary's. Section 6, event 0 824.
00:22
Level 3, mental health petition, 1.075 Eastport Lowell, Sector 4, event 0827.
00:29
3209. 2.2, Adam 5, 6. It's where the towels are hanging, that's the living room to the unit.
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10.
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I copy that level 2.
00:46
I copy that level 2.
00:53
4.1510.
00:58
Before my call, text purposes, there's nobody else in the home.
01:02
The female's advising that the male had a gun to say, break.
01:06
Recently lost his job.
01:08
There's a dog and another shotgun inside the home. Break.
01:15
The only other female in the home we have, (name withheld), she's code 4[1]. We're going to work on further transportation for her.
01:27
There's no criminal charges at least to what she's advising.
01:33
Once 2-193 comes to 23, we'll continue to make 21 contacts with the email half and some PA announcement.
01:57
7. CMT has a knife. They just gave it to me. He's going to be walking south down. I'll give you a very description as best as I can.
02:04
Visa 37. You have the Franklin address?
02:07
Yeah,
02:13
I'm at that park.
02:15
He left, good amount of it close. We think we weren't all blue.
02:18
It looks like a blue shirt and the blue jeans.
02:21
I believe carrying a suitcase as well.
02:33
4, thank you.
02:35
50-15.
02:36
Okay,
02:39
sound of 3-3.
02:40
I guess his name is (name withheld). That's as far as I got before he took off.
02:48
Okay, company. You see he's wearing all blue?
02:53
That's what CNC got, gave me, and then he goes by (name withheld) and then carries a suitcase, it sounds like.
03:03
2136, I think I saw him.
03:07
He was wearing blue shirt, blue shorts, carrying a blue suitcase.
03:12
Last I saw he was at the corner of Congress in Granada at the Southwest Quad.
03:18
If 331 had this way, we could make contact with him.
03:24
So I don't copying. It sounds like it's a gray suitcase, not a blue one.
03:29
That far, it was like a grayish blue.
03:32
8-10-4, yeah, that's probably him then.
03:36
1-4, I'm stuck at the lay. He lost his visual with him, but 3-3. Once you get over here, he probably went west on Congress from Granada.
03:49
Yeah,
03:50
copy.
03:54
216.
04:00
137s from other units.
04:01
It sounds like he might have an old-school barber's razor in his pocket, but the CMT could not confirm.
04:13
We'll be out with Sam 498 with Congress.
04:21
Copy 198 with Congress. 498 with Congress.
04:26
498 was Congress.
04:29
104, 15, 17.
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23, here's the 10.
04:37
I hope you wanted to 10, 15, 18.
04:43
Where did you guys end up at?
04:48
We're just east of two north.
04:54
Okay, 10-4. I'm going to head that way and then I'll have CMT follow so they can try to talk to them.
05:01
Copy.
05:07
1518.
Police codes explained
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[1]
code 4: No further assistance needed; scene secure and situation under control.
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Location mentioned:
E Lowell St, Tucson, AZ 85719
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