Man fleeing traffic stop armed with knife on bicycle, Tucson AZ


A man on a bicycle fled a traffic stop while armed with a knife in a holster. He was pursued by police through alleys and near residential complexes. Officers coordinated to locate and contain him, deploying a drone to aid in the search.
Audio|Source: Tucson Police South Division
07:55
Transcript:
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9-6 bicycle traffic? Irvington, 9-11.
00:06
He's taken off from the traffic stop.
00:15
He's going to be going...
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It's going to be going Euston.
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South Ann.
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9-6.5-6. Panic male, black jacket,
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black pants.
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He has a knife on his holster.
00:40
He has a knife on his holster.
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No.
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Northbound.
00:52
You've got a black backpack on.
00:57
Copy 1-E6. I copied you attached.
01:00
Three zero one.
01:01
Hey,
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let's get somebody to 12th and off on 12th in Irvington.
01:06
He's in the alley just north of us.
01:11
When I'm in six, copy quads.
01:14
Go with it.
01:21
11th in Irvington.
01:25
Irvington and Liberty,
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Liberty and Oklahoma.
01:30
Oklahoma 11, set the northern quad set first.
01:36
Give me a sound unit in route.
01:38
Can you 29-on-1, give me a date of birth and last name.
01:41
Stand by, I have two samu units in route.
01:47
Copy.
01:50
Go with it.
01:53
Last name (name withheld) with a Z, first name (name withheld) (number withheld).
02:04
302. Only a day.
02:07
What was the first one?
02:09
The first one.
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I'm there if you can't, Liberty, Liberty,
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Oklahoma, Oklahoma, 11.
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23, yeah, Liberty in Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma.
02:18
6.723 at Oklahoma, 11th.
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I mean,
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Liberty and Levinton and Liberty and Liberty.
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One other clause needs to be for now?
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Liberty and Levison, Irvington,
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and Liberty.
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Two,
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Levington, Liberty.
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One of my two, you're where?
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Need a Leviton, Arrington.
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5.23, Leaventon.
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Copy, Claude, covered.
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When I'm in six, ten four.
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Go ahead and clear the air until we get another sighting.
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Because the air is going to be cleared at 303.
03:24
Okay, five to that, you know, where are you at?
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When I'm six, three, thirty two,
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west Irvington road, he jumped the wall and then ran north.
03:36
And then I have the drone and I'm about to deploy.
03:41
So he ran north towards Kentucky.
03:49
I think Lincoln 8 had a better look of what direction he started running.
03:57
One Lincoln 8, he jumped into that alley.
04:00
I'm sure where he went after that.
04:03
For Kentucky.
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Hey man, I'm 23 Liberty and Kentucky.
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I'm out with one on Oklahoma.
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I'll go for it.
04:25
26-8-1 where? Oklahoma and 12.
04:29
Okay.
04:30
I'm a cold text.
04:31
That guy didn't look like you had.
04:33
Okay.
04:37
If I was someone able to relieve Castaneda so we can find out where he's blessed all this guy.
04:45
I'm in six.
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I know he jumped this wall and you went into this alley.
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I can probably show you where exactly.
04:54
Copy up here right there.
04:57
The alley doesn't come out to the east, you can only access it from the west off of 11th.
05:05
Okay,
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for me.
05:09
The alley looked like it had a large tree or overgrown vegetation about one parcel in from the 11th going east.
05:22
Same line, if this match, I copy the F-ring for robbery, reference the $28, Ryan.
05:33
3.05. I looked him up on accident.
05:35
He has associations to 326 West Kentucky, which is inside the clock.
05:44
I'll cover that last.
05:46
I'll go into that residence.
05:48
Three to nine.
05:51
Is there an apartment number?
05:58
I believe that's a complex.
06:04
I'm working on that.
06:06
It was an address site of that address.
06:09
It was associated to the north.
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Southwest Corner apartment.
06:23
I drove by that complex about a minute ago and there was a guy standing out front smoking cigarette.
06:32
He's wearing khaki pants and a black sweatshirt.
06:41
And then Bob Mcoppe, I've got a couple of evenings with me.
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We'll walk in and see if we can make contact with that.
06:48
So if you can't anyone run.
06:52
We'll run.
06:54
So I'm out with the time.
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...complex.
07:02
Only in six side complex has a laundry room on the southeast side.
07:07
They usually deal out of there, no hideout.
07:13
Nine to Squant six.
07:15
Is this a unit where the guy had the gun in the ceiling?
07:24
Negative.
07:26
He's only try to stab somebody else.
07:28
He stabbed himself or tried himself and then left a hundred-yard blood trail.
07:33
I believe you were part of that scale.
07:38
Okay, copy.
07:39
Yeah, that one is refreshment.
07:46
26 to 1 Ocean 6.1.
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If you're available, can you go to (number withheld) West Irvington and collect a bicycle?
07:53
No,
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Location mentioned:
S 11th Ave & W Irvington Rd, Tucson, AZ 85714
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