Police respond to mistaken report of shooting in Huntington


Police received a call about a possible shooting near the Bird Center, but it turned out to be a misunderstanding. Someone was banging on an elevator door, which caused the noise, not gunfire.
Audio|Source: Huntington Police
03:13
Transcript:
plus Virginia 28, 36104, all five. Do we have signal 19s or some type of shooting on 15th Street? We've been near 15th and 8th and we haven't really hurting things. Copy is going to be over at the Bird Center, 1249 15th Street. Caller says someone ran up to his house and asked for his phone, says there was shooting at the Bird Center. Do you say actively shooting? That just says there was a shooting at the Bird Center. Dispatch again, anything further? I'm right over there. Copy. Any available you can start with the bird center on 15th straight, for shooting, possible shooting? 13, I'm going on. 12, sent truck. Four, I'm not close. I'm headed that way. Hello, and this batch, is the victim supposed to be at the bird center, or are they at somebody's house? I'm missing all that. as they last fall someone running down 15th street away from the birth center they're not sure if it was an actual shooting or just gunshots or someone falling down an elevator shaft we'll try and get more information 10 4 I'm in here hey David I'm a 28 and 3rd heading your way so let me know if I need to slow down and off 10 4 I just pulled up over Close to it, I haven't found anything yet. 13 of any area. Cover. Where's the caller? The original caller was at 1311.15th. The original caller was at 1311.15th street. I'm going to run over there and see that person real quick. See if I get any more information. Ken Ford. They're practicing football over here on the 80 Louis Center and nobody's acting like somebody was shooting. I go into my 15th Street. We have a student on the phone said it was a mistake that somebody was stuck in the elevator and that was someone banging on the elevator door very hard.
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Location mentioned:
Near 15th St, Huntington, WV 25701
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