Officials in Georgia have released the audio and records of emergency 911 calls received in the moments after a deadly high school shooting in which a police officer is heard to say: “Active shooter!”
In one clip, the dispatcher repeats the words back to the officer. Another officer this time is heard to reply: “Correct. We have an active shooter at Apalachee High School.”
Later in the audio, an officer is heard a little out of breath, as he says a suspect is in custody and he tells the dispatcher: “Roll EMS”.
She tells the officer that emergency medical services have been dispatched to the school, located 50 miles east of Atlanta.
Two students and two teachers were killed in the incident on Sept 4, and a 14-year-old pupil, Colt Gray, has been charged with four counts of murder.
The teenager’s father, Colin Gray, was also arrested and charged with several offences, including second-degree murder, after officials learned he had given his son the AR-15 semi-automatic rifle used in the incident as a gift.
In another emergency call, a father calls the dispatcher about her daughter, the school psychologist, who is hiding in a trailer with students but cannot lock the door.
“My daughter just called, she’s in a trailer,” the father said. “She’s trying to hide behind a desk with the kid that she has in there with her… but she’s upset because she can’t get the door locked.”
In another emergency call made public on Friday, a person tells the dispatcher her daughter has just called from the school.
“My daughter calling me crying. Somebody go ‘boom, boom, boom, boom’,” the caller tells the dispatcher.
The dispatcher replies: “Ma’am we have officers out there, OK?”
The woman says: “Oh yes, please at Apalachee High School.”
Some of the calls were picked up by neighbouring Gwinnett County dispatchers given the high call volume.
“Barrow County 911, what is your emergency,” the dispatcher says.
The Gwinnett dispatcher says: “Hey, Barrow, this is Gwinnett, we have a caller on the line who said he got a call from his girlfriend advising of an active shooter at Apalachee High School.”
The dispatcher from Barrow says: “I have units on the scene there, I cannot confirm or deny what is going on there.”
The teenager is to be tried as an adult. However, officials have said he will not be eligible for the death penalty if found guilty.
The teenager’s mother, Marcee Gray, had called the school before the shooting began and asked administrators to check on her son after he texted her saying: “I’m sorry, mom.”
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