Multiple loud noises near Woodward street were car backfires, Austin TX
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Suspicious ActivityOfficers responded to reports of multiple loud popping noises near Woodward Street and St. Edward’s Drive in Austin. After investigation, they found no evidence of gunfire. The sounds were determined to be likely caused by car backfires.
Audio|Heard on: Travis County Law Enforcement
Listen to dispatch call
01:55
Transcript:
00:00
113. And 113.2.3.1 you were seeing that you heard something coming from the St.
00:06
Edward's Drive.
00:11
Yeah, that loud popping noise, I thought it was that loud explosion, but it wasn't as loud as the previous ones.
00:21
Okay, was it, you said loud popping noise earlier.
00:25
Was it, like, a single one or multiple?
00:30
It was multiple, like, two at three.
00:35
I'm great.
00:37
Yeah, the acoustics sometimes around this campus can make it sound like things are coming from different corrections than they are.
00:44
I've experienced that myself.
00:46
I'll check on St.
00:47
Nader's Drive after I check on Woodward.
00:51
10-4[1].
01:00
Five, acre 16, EMS is clear to enter.
01:03
The Vaker 16, 10-4[1].
01:06
5-Baker 14.
01:07
It's there for me, for the female.
01:09
I don't need it. She declined.
01:12
10-4[1]. Anybody else need you, E.M.
01:13
It's going to be the same traffic for us.
01:16
You can clear E-MOS.
01:17
10-4[1].
01:25
Major 30, Onetuck Welfare, 12,000, 100 of vodka, 7973.
01:45
113.
01:46
Did a pretty thorough perimeter check, especially along woodward.
01:50
I didn't find any shell casings over the kind of debris.
01:53
Fairly certain that that was a car backfiring.
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10-4: Acknowledgment or affirmative; message received and understood.
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Woodward St, Austin, TX
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