Gunfire erupts near Lafayette apartments sparks tense police standoff, Lafayette IN
Near Julia Lane apartments in Lafayette, officers responded to reports of random gunfire from a backyard. Residents peeked from inside but did not respond to commands, prompting a tense standoff with police.
Audio|Source: Tippecanoe County Law Enforcement
05:16
Transcript:
00:00
I just heard what's kind of like gunshots north of my location.
00:04
Copy.
00:06
It was approximately five.
00:09
Clear.
00:15
We have 497.
00:17
There was a vehicle that drove by with a exhaust, similar to those, but we'll check it out.
00:25
Okay.
00:30
Units going on the show fire, but we're getting additional.
00:32
Let's go Channel 5 with this, Channel 5.
00:38
Caller at 813 Julia Lane apartment A's advising his neighbors are shooting a gun.
00:48
Okay, I'm having computer problems.
00:50
Can you put me in round, please?
00:52
Clear.
00:58
680448.
00:59
Go ahead.
01:03
They've got PC for the house if you want to push that.
01:11
Okay, I'm coming back to you.
01:17
517, the Halliston question is going to be missing numerics.
01:21
I have a 28 when you're ready.
01:23
Go ahead.
01:25
Indian passenger 542 Tom William, Queen, 26 expiration on Nissan.
01:31
Okay.
01:36
We're also going to have all their blinds drawn and their lights shut off.
01:40
Copy.
01:46
517 in your turn.
01:47
Go ahead.
01:53
80X of 2019 Nissan Grand Cover comes back to Tatiana and Antoine Deering.
01:57
Tatiana at 817, Julia.
02:01
Copy, can you run both of them.
02:02
Cover.
02:05
49517. Is there an alleged spot where the gun was being fired from?
02:18
I think it was from the backyard, possibly.
02:25
He also has 43-3 units arriving.
02:28
He's got a camera on the front, he's already viewed at least one.
02:35
On this call, the caller advised that the shots were fired from the backyard.
02:41
He doesn't believe any of them went into his apartment, but he advises off of the third time this has occurred.
02:48
We've got eyes on the front.
02:52
97.
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32.
02:56
Go ahead, sir.
03:01
Is this the third time today?
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Orrin,
03:06
Trevor.
03:07
I will double clarify with him.
03:08
It sounds like this has happened on previous dates.
03:12
517 Loviet.
03:15
Go ahead.
03:18
That's Jan and Antoine both A.Evale and Antoine at Antoine at the CCW.
03:25
The guys on the front,
03:28
is there access to the backyard off the mezzanine?
03:32
The backyard's fence then.
03:36
Copy, thank you.
03:38
32, 497.
03:41
Okay.
03:46
I advise that this has happened on previous dates and it's been completely random.
03:53
Copy.
03:59
Got cameras in the backyard.
04:06
Do you want me to start making announcements? Or should we hold tight for a second?
04:12
How many do you have up front with you?
04:15
We've got two up front.
04:21
We need one more up here if we're going to make announcements to call them out.
04:29
You have about four more out of being less than five.
04:34
Okay,
04:38
once we've got three up front, we've got three back here, that I'll keep an eye on the back door, and then you guys can make your notice.
04:45
I'm holding the back door with a rifle.
04:48
They're just peeking through the back window right now.
04:53
513,
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four from you.
04:56
Just to confirm you have contact in the back through the window.
05:01
Yeah, go ahead.
05:03
They're just peeking through miscellaneous back windows to look at me and then they're not coming to anything.
05:08
I'm not making any contact.
05:10
Hey, just make sure that he doesn't have access to his phone and then he can just sit in that car and he can walk back a hole for something.
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Location mentioned:
Julia Ln a, Lafayette, IN 47905
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