Person in yellow shirt seen before shots fired at airport, Evansville IN
A person in a yellow shirt was seen crossing near a block building on airport property before shots were fired. A caller reported hearing gunshots and later saw a person lying in front of the building. A deputy is unresponsive, and a suspect was last seen near the tree line on the west end of the airport property.
Audio|Source: Evansville Police and Fire Dispatch
02:22
Transcript:
00:00
Unit 1, you're being dispatched to the area of the airport, a caller in the residence northeast of the airport.
00:07
Report seeing a subject in a yellow shirt crossing her property earlier today.
00:12
Shortly after seeing that subject crossed property, she heard a couple shots fired.
00:16
Last she saw the subject,
00:19
the yellow shirt wearing person was going south of a block building on the airport property.
00:31
The one box and then you back into the second box?
00:36
Yeah, I'm clear.
00:42
Units also en route to this. You just wait till he gets to pass that serpentine and to the lane change and to touch yourself on the run.
00:50
Dispatch is now advising that the caller has stated she lost side of the yellow shirt-wearing subject going south of the block building, but now sees a subject laying in front of the building on the ground.
01:04
She knows she saw a deputy drive through the area earlier after she called in initial check welfare.
01:11
Dispatch is now not able to contact that officer.
01:15
Street street in route, go on the national units,
01:19
step it up.
01:20
Also, if we had somebody with a drone,
01:23
go ahead and get them in route.
01:30
Unit D, put me on the round.
01:36
Hamilton, 351, 1042.
01:40
351.
01:45
For best car keys, please.
01:53
When I'll be arriving shortly, everybody on this, go car car car.
02:02
It appears to be that we have a deputy down in the middle of the parking lot here.
02:07
I observe the suspect.
02:10
He's going to be in the west end of the property here. He looks like he's up at a tree line.
02:18
If we can't have somebody, go ahead and get a rifle out and approach with caution.
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Location mentioned:
Evansville Regional Airport (EVV), 7801 Bussing Dr, Evansville, IN 47725
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