Car backfire mistaken for gunshots near Penn and Oakland, Lansing MI
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Suspicious ActivityA caller reported hearing five gunshots near Penn and Oakland. Police later determined the sounds were from a car backfiring, not gunfire.
Audio|Heard on: Greater Lansing Area Public Safety
Listen to dispatch call
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Transcript:
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Then holding a possible shot fired near Penn and Oakland.
00:05
Caller heard five shots and a car drive away fast, five minutes away.
00:12
25.
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Go ahead.
00:19
I did hear that as well.
00:20
It was a car backfiring.
00:22
Unless you have calls on the contrary, you can clear it out.
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Location mentioned:
N Pennsylvania Ave & E Oakland Ave, Lansing, MI 48906
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