Suspicious person possibly firing shots near emporia street, Wichita KS
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WeaponsPolice responded to reports of a suspicious person possibly firing shots near 100th and Greenwich. Later information suggested the sounds may have been check shots, and no injuries were confirmed. A standoff occurred near Emporia Street involving a man fitting the described appearance carrying a weapon.
Audio|Heard on: Wichita and Sedgwick County Fire Resource / OPS-1
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01:16
Transcript:
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Four and five to start.
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For a suspicious character call with shots fired, 100th and Greenwich, opening on Shire.
00:30
Truck 7 to standoff on a shooting, near South Emporia Street,
00:34
the Shores Apartments, near South Emporia, standoff on a shooting,
00:38
truck 7, your map pages 55.4.
00:46
Truck seven for the shooting call the secondary narrative that came in kind of make it sound more like a check shot instead of a shooting we don't have verification if someone was shot or not.
01:01
Of course, standoff on arrival.
01:04
Looks like the person's possibly, the person who has the weapon,
01:09
black male,
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40s, 5 foot 5, been built, wearing a white hoodie and sweats, and a gray charger that's older.
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Location mentioned:
S Emporia St, Wichita, KS 67216
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