Here’s a copy of the 911 transcript.
911 TRANSCRIPT
2 Date of transcription:
3 CN: 23-024094
4 Address: 160 Western Avenue South
5 Type of Call: Assaults-Felony (Including Terroristic Threats)
6 Date of incident: 2/11/23
7 Caller:
8 911:
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12 911: 911 what’s your emergency?
13
14 CALLER: Hi, um, we’re at Winslow Commons in West St. Paul, in or south, South St. Paul
15 and we’re having a party in St. Paul. Sorry, everybody’s yelling at me. Um, we’re
16 having a party with, for my daughter and there’s a gentleman who either lives here
17 or doesn’t live here with a machete.
18
19 911: Okay. Can you, can you slow down please? I need an address.
20
21 CALLER: Uh, what’s the address? I don’t have a physical address. We need an actual
22 address?
23
24 911: Or cross streets, anything.
25
26 CALLER: (Off phone – What…six?) 160 Western Avenue South.
27
28 911: 160 Western Avenue South?
29
30 CALLER: (Off phone – 160?) Yes.
31
32 911: Is it inside or outside?
33
34 CALLER: It’s inside.
35
36 911: What apartment number?
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38 CALLER: He keeps, like he’s…we’re in the party room like out front. Like if you guys pull
39 up, we will see you.
40
41 911: And what is he doing with it?
42
43 CALLER: He’s coming towards my husband and my um, son, son.
44
45 911: Can you guys walk away from him?
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Transcribed by: Darlicia Williams 2 March 13, 2023
47 CALLER: (Unintelligible). Yeah, we tried walk to away from him. He tried coming in the
48 party room. We have (unintelligible).
49
50 911: Out of the building?
51
52 CALLER: (Off phone – I’ve said that, I’ve said that.) We can’t because he’s outside right
53 now. He keeps coming in and out. And we’re all like.
54
55 911: Okay. What is your name?
56
57 CALLER: [Redacted]
58
59 911: And what does this guy look like?
60
61 CALLER: Um, he’s probably about 5 feet or a little bit shorter. He’s wearing a jacket like a
62 (unintelligible).
63
64 911: Is he White, Black, Asian, Hispanic?
65
66 CALLER: Um, Asian. He got glasses on.
67
68 Speaker 3: About how old is he?
69
70 CALLER: Um, I don’t know. I’d probably say 50s or 60s.
71
72 911: And you said tan jacket and what else?
73
74 CALLER: Uh, tan jacket and a purple shirt.
75
76 911: What floor is the party room on?
77
78 CALLER: I’m sorry?
79
80 911: What floor is the party room on?
81
82 CALLER: It’s on the first floor. It faces the street.
83
84 911: And is he waving it around?
85
86 CALLER: Uh, yeah. He’s came towards, he came towards my husband and my son. We’re
87 all (unintelligible); we’re like barricaded in the party room. It’s, yeah, he’s came
88 up earlier during the party, um, before this all started and tried to touch my son’s
89 daughter. And I have (unintelligible).
90
91 911: Do you know his name?
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93 CALLER: No, we don’t. We don’t even know if he’s a resident here.
94
95 911: Okay. Are you a resident there?
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97 CALLER: No, we’re here with my mother-in-law. We’re doing a party for my daughter.
98
99 911: Okay. What is your phone number, [Redated]?
100
101 CALLER: Uh, [redacted]. Like we were just trying…
102
103 911: Is he still in the party room?
104
105 CALLER: Um, no, he’s not in the party room with us. I actually don’t have physical eyes on
106 him, but he’s in the building somewhere. My husband went upstairs cuz his, um,
107 mother lives upstairs and he went inside the elevators and he’s kind of like
108 following us around. So, we’re barricaded in the party room.
109
110 911: Okay. And you can’t leave the party room?
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112 CALLER: Well, we’re, we’ve got several kids with us and my van is parked on the side of
113 the building, so we don’t exactly know where he’s at this moment.
114
115 911: Okay. So we don’t know if he’s in the building.
116
117 CALLER: Correct. But we did try to leave the building and he (unintelligible).
118
119 911: Do you know if he showed up in a vehicle or anything?
120
121 CALLER: Not that we know of, no. There’s an officer that just drove by with his lights on
122 out front. He’s coming back right now.
123
124 911: Okay. Let me know when they get to you.
125
126 CALLER: Okay. I don’t see them, but he’s coming…the man is coming back!
127
128 911: The man is, or the police are?
129
130 CALLER: (Off phone – Come on, go outside now.) Yeah, the man.
131
132 911: Can you guys lock the door?
133
134 CALLER: (Off phone – Somebody’s money. Now, now, now, now! Guys, guys, guys pay
135 attention!)
136
137 911: Can you guys lock the door or barricade it so they can’t get in?
138
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139 CALLER: It’s not, it’s like a folding, like plastic wood type thing. It’s not like, uh, real barrier
140 or anything. It’s like a folding wall type thing. (Off phone – No, you guys out.
141 [redacted], just breathe. Guys, stay by the door guys.) Um, no, I can’t see him.
142 We’ve got the kids out front right now. (Off phone – [redacted], breathe.)
143
144 911: Why do you think he’s coming back to the party room?
145
146 CALLER: (Off phone – I did! Need help! [Redacted], relax.) They’re here. They’re coming.
147
148 911: Okay. Is anybody hurt?
149
150 CALLER: They’re coming.
151
152 911: Is anybody hurt?
153
154 CALLER: (Off phone – My husband is in a white shirt. He’s armed but he has his weapon
155 down.)
156
157 UNK MALE: (Off phone – Guys, stay back.)
158
159 CALLER: (Off phone – Stay right here. [Redacted], you guys breathe.)
160
161 911: Are the police there?
162
163 CALLER: Yes, yes. I’m sorry (unintelligible).
164
165 911: I’ll let you speak to them then, okay?
166
167 CALLER: Okay. Thank you.
168
169 [End of call]
