Reports of fireworks near Emmet/Ivy Garage mistaken for gunfire, Charlottesville VA
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Other CrimesThere were reports of gunfire near Emmet/Ivy Garage in Charlottesville, but officers confirmed the sounds were fireworks from the garage roof area.
Audio|Heard on: Charlottesville, Albemarle, and UVA Police
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01:27
Transcript:
00:00
Headquarters, we hear gunfire and it can't really triangulated yet.
00:06
404 to dispatch.
00:09
26 ECCC.
00:11
Ten-four. Stand-bye.
00:13
77, basically.
00:15
I can see fireworks going off over here on Emmet Street.
00:21
You beat two there for you, safety.
00:25
Ten-four.
00:27
Stand-bye.
00:29
Let's like it's coming north from somewhere over by the corner.
00:35
Ten-four, thank you.
00:39
56, and that's the sound we're here.
00:42
It's fucking just didn't let's something like that.
00:44
Ten more.
00:46
Three or three this inch.
00:52
303.
00:53
If you say everyone else?
00:55
Go ahead.
00:58
They're now stating that they don't have another vehicle to go to the scene.
01:01
Do you want them to just wait at their home location for you all?
01:07
404. Did you have traffic?
01:11
Yeah, no worse.
01:13
10-4[1].
01:16
I was just going to let you guys know that that was not gunfire were up here on the top of Emmet/Ivy Garage and that we saw that it was fireworks.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment; message received and understood (affirmative/OK).
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Location mentioned:
Emmet/Ivy Garage, 123 Emmet St N, Charlottesville, VA 22903
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