Possible gunshot sounds were car backfire or hit-and-run, Dearborn MI
Other CrimesPolice responded to a parking lot behind Better Health in Dearborn after reports of possible gunshots. They found no evidence of gunfire or victims. Witnesses and business owners stated they did not hear any gunshots. The noise was likely caused by a car backfiring or a hit-and-run incident where one car hit another and sped away. Investigations confirmed no calls or reports of gunshot victims from nearby hospitals.
Audio|Source: Dearborn Police and Fire
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Transcript:
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They say where exactly they were in the parking lot back here, like the alleyway or towards the back?
00:06
Towards the back near the end of the parking lot.
00:09
Okay.
00:15
You can just check with the area hospitals and make sure they don't have any gunshot victims.
00:21
Okay.
00:27
Do you get ones arrived?
00:28
Alright.
00:33
Okay, the kids are confirming that it was not a car backbearing and, uh,
00:40
yeah.
00:46
Hey, is there anywhere where we're supposed to be looking for maybe a scene or some showcases or anything?
00:54
If you could just come to the parking lot behind Better Health,
00:59
that's where they're saying they were.
01:01
Forty.
01:06
So I trust you two, clear returning, pretty sure if you're over.
01:10
2035.
01:16
Okay, 7650, East Morrill Circle.
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8040 North.
01:25
Go ahead.
01:32
There's three females back here who said they've been hanging out for an hour and said that there were no gunshots.
01:43
Okay, sounds good. I'm sure if we didn't get any calls, there's nothing further to this.
01:53
There's some broken plastic pieces.
01:56
It looks like maybe like a tail light of some sort, but we've walked this area and there's nothing.
02:03
Okay, thank you.
02:05
Just by it so long.
02:07
Okay.
02:12
We'd be advised we've got absolutely zero calls on anything of that nature.
02:17
I'm not sure if anybody out there, anybody for you got anything else, but I just confirm no calls.
02:24
Yeah,
02:27
there's a lot of traffic back here. We definitely would have received something.
02:31
Oh, 100% all through under of those residents would have called in.
02:37
They did mention there was some sort of car accident or hit and run and one car hit another car and they had words and sped off.
02:47
What do you take this?
02:53
Four.
03:04
AP3, go ahead.
03:10
I spoke with a couple of business owners, they didn't hear anything.
03:14
I just got back down by another individual said that his friend never heard gunshots and it's possibly a backfire and he just got paranoid.
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Near Michigan Ave, Dearborn, MI 48124
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