Multiple gunshots fired near 2nd Avenue and 2nd Street, Beckley WV
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WeaponsLaw enforcement responded to reports of multiple gunshots fired near 2nd Avenue and 2nd Street in Beckley. Witnesses confirmed hearing shots, and officers are checking the nearby area including outside Mad Hatter's.
Audio|Heard on: Raleigh County Police, Bradley Fire and WV State Police
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01:32
Transcript:
00:00
I have a shot fired call in the area of 2nd Avenue and 2nd Street in Beckley.
00:05
Complainant advising he heard gunshots in rapid succession.
00:08
Down the hill come from the area of 2nd Street.
00:12
There is a 3 to 4 minute time delay.
00:15
No further information.
00:20
Coffee.
00:21
Coffee.
00:29
Control (number withheld).
00:34
(number withheld). I'm a no, is this the only complaint you got?
00:38
Negative, sir, I have one on the line now since he just turned two shots.
00:48
Any better location as to where?
00:56
In front of Mad Hatter's.
01:03
Now, you're quick.
01:05
Copy. The one they'll talk to those people in that little small pickup truck there at Mad Hatter's.
01:16
I said that they may have heard something.
01:21
This is on here.
01:24
Yeah, it's in 4.
01:25
They made the statement when I went by, they just shoot anybody and they heard shots up top here.
01:32
Cut.
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Location mentioned:
2nd Ave & 2nd St, Beckley, WV 25801
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