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He then directs the caller to “get next to him; how old is he? Get next to him with the phone, okay?”

“Help is on the way; get next to him, please,” the operator again tells the caller.

The Temptations kicked off the 2 1/2-hour concert with a medley of “The Way You Do the Things You Do,” “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg,” “I Can’t Get Next to You” and “My Girl.”

Officers confiscated Ruiz’s gun and forced him to wait outside the school, where he told “anybody that would get next to me” that his wife was in danger, according to his law enforcement interview.

Officers confiscated Ruiz's gun and forced him to wait outside the school, where he told "anybody that would get next to me" that his wife was in danger, according to his law enforcement interview.