Crime & Safety
Police Scanner: A Possible Kidnapping, Shooting and a Burglary
Here are the raw reports of incidents heard in the area on the police scanner.
Monday Night
6:50 p.m. Lankershim Boulevard and Hesby Street
at the corner of Lankershim and Hesby. Police find shell casings but no victim.
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11:09 p.m. 8700 block of Glenoaks Boulevard, Sun Valley
Report of "unknown trouble" at the location.
11:16 p.m. 7100 block of Ethel Avenue, Valley Glen
North Hollywood officers have taken an allegedly dangerous wanted person into custody.
11:33 p.m. 20000 block of Saticoy Street, Winnetka
LAFD ambulance Rescue 104 is dispatched to attend to a "sick person."
11:41 p.m. 12100 block of Chandler Boulevard, North Hollywood
LAFD Rescue 60 is called to the scene for an "unconscious person."
11:41 p.m. 7000 block of Reseda Boulevard, Reseda
LAPD patrol unit at the scene requests for a police helicopter to check the rooftop of a possible burglary incident. A burglar alarm has been tripped at the Continental Art Supplies store.
11:43 p.m. 8800 block of Tobias Avenue, North Hills
Report of a shooting on the residential street. LAPD is on the way and LAFD Rescue 7 has been called to the scene.
11:47 p.m. Rescue 7 has arrived to the shooting scene, and notifies the LAFD dispatcher that LAPD has now arrived.
11:54 p.m. 16400 block of Tupper Street, North Hills
LAFD dispatches an ambulance to an emergency call for "chest pains."
Tuesday Morning
12:14 a.m. 10300 block of Zelzah Avenue, Granada Hills
Report of domestic violence at a residence.
12:15 a.m. Farmdale Avenue and Vanowen Street, North Hollywood
Rescue and Engine 89 is dispatched by LAFD to attend to a "difficult breather" at the intersection.
12:30 a.m. Lindley Avenue and Sherman Way, Reseda
LAFD Engine 73 and Rescue 100 are sent to help a person who has fallen down, near the intersection.
12:51 a.m. 19000 block of Superior Street, Northridge
LAFD Rescue 107 is dispatched to an emergency call for "chest pains."
12:53 a.m. 14600 block of Saticoy Street, Van Nuys
LAFD Rescue 81 is dispatched to attend to the "unconscious person."
12:55 a.m. 7500 block of Mason Avenue, Winnetka
LAFD Rescue 104 is dispatched to attend to the "sick person" at the residence.
1:02 a.m. 8300 block of Poole Avenue, Sun Valley
LAFD Rescue 77 is sent to help a person with "abdominal pains."
1:06 a.m. Sherman Way and Bellaire Avenue, Valley Glen
LAPD North Hollywood unit is dispatched to a call for "ambulance/attempted suicide." The dispatcher advises that the caller reported a 29-year-old woman is out in the middle of the intersection.
1:11 a.m. LAPD patrol unit arrives at the intersection and cannot find the woman. The emergency call is canceled.
1:12 a.m. 7300 block of Sepulveda Boulevard, Van Nuys
Van Nuys LAPD unit is called to respond to a domestic violence call at the residence. The alleged abuser is the ex-wife, who is at the location.
1:13 a.m. Sherman Way and Bellaire Avenue, Valley Glen
The LAFD rescue ambulance has arrived at the scene of the reported attempted suicide. After investigations from the police and fire responders, LAFD determines that the emergency response is a "false call."
1:17 a.m. 8400 block of Klump Avenue, North Hollywood
LAPD radios North Hollywood units that there is a possible "kidnap suspect there now" at the apartment residence. A male is reported to be holding a female against her will.
1:20 a.m. Tujunga Avenue and Magnolia Avenue, North Hollywood
LAPD dispatch radios North Hollywood patrol units that there is a "black Escalade with tinted windows" stopped and blocking the intersection with the engine running. The person reporting does not know if there are any occupants inside the vehicle. LAPD advises it is a traffic hazard.
1:23 a.m. The person reporting the traffic-blocking Escalade has called back and said the vehicle is still in the middle of the intersection.
1:24 a.m. 17000 block of Roscoe Boulevard, Sun Valley
Report of possible child abuse at the apartment residence.
1:26 a.m. Canoga Avenue and Saticoy Street, Canoga Park
Rescue 72 has arrived at the intersection and finds a possible "vehicle versus pedestian" accident there, perhaps a hit-and-run. LAPD Valley Traffic Division is notified.
1:29 a.m. After examining the possible accident victim, LAFD Rescue 72 determines that there was no hit-and-run accident and that the person is just a drunk pedestrian. The LAPD response is canceled.
1:44 a.m. Chatsworth Street and Hayvenhurst Avenue, Granada Hills
LAPD unit on the scene has requested "backup" for their incident. The officers of "17 Adam 81" have alleged armed robbers at gunpoint.
1:45 a.m. Several backup police units are responding to the scene and Air 10, the LAPD helicopter, has radioed that they are en route.
1:49 a.m. LAPD "17 Adam 81" and one of the backup units advise the dispatcher that the robbery suspects are in custody.