Active shooter reported at University of Virginia library, Charlottesville VA
WeaponsPolice responded to reports of an active shooter with an AR-15 rifle inside Shannon Library at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Gunshots were heard on the second floor, prompting officers to clear the building and evacuate people. The suspect was described but no names or exact locations disclosed to protect privacy.
Audio|Source: Charlottesville City Police Department
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Transcript:
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there's bonding for an active shooter.
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Training Library on a recording code.
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Just FYI for now.
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5028 direct.
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28. 28. 28. 28. Okay.
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Good information.
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Okay.
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the library, what are the details that you got?
00:33
We have a report of a subject with an AR-15 on the second floor of Shannon Library, subject advising they can hear shots in the background.
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It did come in on an admin line with a no-callback number.
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We're not able to call the original complaint about suspect reported as a 30 to 40-year-old white male, gray pants, white t-shirt, six-foot.
01:03
The call taker, I believe, heard the shot fired. They've got a note in here saying the caller did not sound like he was moving and he was calm.
01:13
Shot sounded very close.
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1040, you can put me on location.
01:18
Right, well, like you, they just marked on location at McCorm.
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I just said 88 at McCord.
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119.8 to see all the I was in here a second.
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We had another alarm line where shocks were fired in the background, but there's,
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we're unable to make a callback.
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Okay,
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I'm out. We can see it easy.
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You're on .
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ECCLUTRAP CPC-1 for the university.
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I think there's something like an admin line, but anything specific about where this is coming from in the building.
02:00
Nobody here has heard anything.
02:02
Last time that we got a call, they said fourth floor, four, fourth.
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11988, where are you at now?
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123 to see myself in 88 during the mates entrance to the fourth floor. So? 119 and 123.
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I'm going to coming up with a UPD sergeant now to the fourth floor.
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I'm not hearing anything.
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No signs of panic.
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It's empty base on Tom 2. Where is this building at?
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Somebody base, just to be where we've got nothing showing.
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Not of people who've been in and staff have heard anything.
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Double.
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Four Zep.
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There are a whole lot of units coming down university now. We're going to have to set up stage in somewhere as we can coordinate.
02:56
All right, unit. 3.040 units inside. Where is your point of interest?
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So, hey, up, you know, the delta side to stairwell.
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We're on the floor, coordinate up the show.
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Hey guys, per UPD.
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Just go ahead and start clearing this library. We're going to get everybody out.
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504 to units that are incoming, we're going to set up command posts at the chapel.
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19 to 4, you want incoming units to stage at the chapel with you?
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Yeah, 104, we've got a group inside, we've got to start figuring out who's inside and who is it.
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If you know where you need to be, let's start covering corners on this library.
03:56
Okay.
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Okay,
04:03
so do you really hope they have noise on the second floor?
04:10
Negative. The only thing that I have from the initial dispatch is just one of the University Units pulled the fire alarm to evacuate the building.
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19ECC.
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I'll be out with 304 on the 5th floor clearing it with UPD.
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So are there any of the UPD units with you or U with the UPD units?
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Just trying to get on.
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Cali or wherever it is.
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The 304 is clearing it with UPD.
04:36
I'm going to be on myself here in a second with a gentleman of wheelchair.
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I'll be sending him out to the first floor through the elevator.
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So.
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Three or four days.
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Three at four.
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We're at the central stator at fifth floor.
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We're going to need more units, so four days will use us are our way.
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Please hear about it. If you want to your following, you need a unit up the stairs.
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We have to move with us now. We want to stay with us now.
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Near McCormick Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22904
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