Child's desperate 911 call triggers tense Mason City response, Mason City IA
Medical EmergencyOfficers responded to an open 911 call with a child crying and urging someone to wake up at a Mason City home. EMS and police rushed to the scene amid concerns due to a registered sex offender living there.
Audio|Source: Cerro Gordo County Sheriff, Mason City Police and Fire
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Transcript:
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How we both have the 914, 6th Street, Southwest.
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This is what we got from Rapid SOS.
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We have an open 911 line.
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Initially, you could hear a small child crying on the line.
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Currently, you can only hear what sounds like a TV going on in the background.
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45.
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27, 45, 27, 37.
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45.
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My partner is now talking again to that child.
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We're attempting to try to reach a parent with the child just for your info.
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It looks like the address has a subject that lives there that's on the registry.
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Okay.
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Thank you.
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36-904.
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37 to Joe traffic.
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10-4[1]. Who's the subject from the registry?
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It's a Chase Wilson and update.
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It sounds like the child's no longer crying, but they're not answering our questions.
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We can hear buttons being pushed.
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1741.
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147.
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147.
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Dispitch 37.
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35.
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37. 37.
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Nassay.
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Cover.
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Dispatch. 45.
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45.
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Unseen.
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10-4[1]. The child's now crying again and in the background saying wake up, wake up.
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37, is there apartment number? There's an AMB here.
02:20
Negative it doesn't specify on rapid SOS.
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We just disconnected at the end.
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All we could hear was button pushing.
02:29
Didn't you say you had a sex offender with there? Do you have an address?
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And for his doesn't have a specific unit either.
02:41
Well,
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that's highly illegal.
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We'll be on them.
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We'll try to need first.
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Negative, we disconnected, we're calling it back.
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Devere.
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Let me help you hear me pounding on the door.
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Devor.
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Never.
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I haven't picked up, but also checking if you can hear the phone ringing at all.
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Only.
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37 what was your process we got some kids here on the be standby I'll see if I can grab a phone
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment (Message received / OK)
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Location mentioned:
6th St SW, Mason City, IA 50401
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