Opinion ID: 619116
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The 911 Call

Text: The transcript of the call reads as follows: [3] 2:44 p.m. Telephone ringing. OPERATOR: 9-1-1, emergency. CALLER: Is this the Highland Park Police? OPERATOR: No sir, this is Detroit. CALLER: OK. There's a guy in a yellow cab car right here on Elmhurst[. T]here' been a shootin' here just now. OPERATOR: OK. He shot somebody? CALLER: No, he shot at a house just now. I don'[t] know if a person got hit or not, I'm across the street at 59 ... OPERATOR: 59 what? CALLER: Elmhurst. OPERATOR: What is they [sic] address? CALLER: He's in a yellow car outside the house. OPERATOR: What is the address of the house he shot into? CALLER: Ok. I guess 56 Elmhurst. OPERATOR: Is he still there? CALLER: Yeah, he is. OPERATOR: A yellow cab or yellow car? CALLER: It used to be a cab[;] he made it into his own car. OPERATOR: Is he black or white? CALLER: Black. OPERATOR: What is he wearing? CALLER: I don't know what he's wearing, man. OPERATOR: So he's driving a yellow car? CALLER: Yeah, he's out there now. OPERATOR: He just shot into this window? CALLER: Yeah, into this house. OPERATOR: I'll request the police sir, thank you. At 2:46 p.m., the dispatcher broadcast this announcement: DISPATCHER: County units in 16 we're getting 56 Elmhurst, has black male driving a yellow vehicle, he's firing shots into that address. County units in 16 for 56 Elmhurst on a black male firing shots into that house. UNIT: County 570 (inaudible) DISPATCHER: OK County 570I have you on the wayuse caution there. UNIT: What's the address? DISPATCHER: 56 Elmhurst. 56 Elmhurst. Black male driving a yellow vehicle firing shots into that address. UNIT: OK. DISPATCHER: OK. At 2:48 P.M., another unit responded to the broadcast as follows: UNIT: County Sam 1609. Radio. DISPATCHER: County Sam 609. UNIT: I'm going to (garbled) as well. DISPATCHER: OK.