Lawful hunting reported near Slippery Elm Trail, Bowling Green OH
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Suspicious ActivityAs discussed during the dispatch call, multiple callers reported gunfire sounds near Slippery Elm Trail. Officers confirmed it was lawful hunting during shotgun and goose season.
Audio|Heard on: Bowling Green Police and Fire, BGSU Police
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03:57
Transcript:
00:00
Can you go on the area near West 50 Lane? I've received two calls from people stating there, somebody shooting in the area.
00:09
They believe it's closer to the Slippery Elm Trail or out in the field area.
00:21
Fifty-night quarters, as they say.
00:25
There was like a shotgun.
00:29
Affirmative.
00:30
They believe probably somebody's out there shooting deer.
00:35
They just heard gunfire out there.
00:43
Okay, they're probably going to be out in the county that is shotgun week.
00:56
That's clear.
01:03
Sixth City 63, can you see what's holding us up on?
01:13
Six to City 63.
01:16
Six to five or anybody in the stroke, can you look out the south windows and what's going on while we're packed up on Wooster?
01:31
Five, affirmed, okay me a minute.
01:37
I'm on the radio with him or on the phone with him now and you want him.
01:41
I'm trying to get him switch over that channel.
01:46
Thank you.
01:51
University Six, you can go ahead with your traffic for him.
01:53
He should be on the radio.
01:56
Six at City 63.
01:57
Can you see why we're backed up all the Oyster was holding us up over there?
02:06
It looks like a lot of people are parking over there and the crosswalk slowing us down.
02:15
You're clear.
02:16
63, if you can switch that to a,
02:19
just a yellow blink so that it doesn't stop us for as long.
02:23
It's just a crossing guard.
02:24
I'd appreciate it.
02:28
You're clear.
02:29
I've never done that, but I'll try to figure it out.
02:34
27.
02:40
You just try to keep people from pressing the button.
02:46
Cereclare. Yeah,
02:52
yeah. I go ahead and seen at 30.
02:54
I hit another complaint.
02:56
Same thing.
02:57
He said he's heard three to four shots.
03:00
And it looks like we're taking another complainable.
03:15
It's clear.
03:17
Larry, I did confirm it's shotgun season and this weekend and it's also a goose weekend.
03:27
So they're probably shooting a geese.
03:32
Yeah, there's some trucks out here in the county, guessing,
03:36
up and out there.
03:42
Like, of course, I'll be in there, yeah.
03:47
Golly.
03:51
My caller also stated that he did see a bunch of geese fly away after some of the shots.
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Location mentioned:
Slippery Elm Trail, Bowling Green, OH
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