Caller fires weapon after possible theft report

Heard on: Washington County and Bristol City Public Safety

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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10-4, I have a call for shots fired.

00:03

It's going to be (number withheld) Tumbling Creek Road.

00:07

Caller advised male and female subject been acting erratically.

00:11

So he saw them park motorcycles, come from his home, walk down the road, steal something, and he did fire a weapon.

00:19

He also advised he has this recorded.

00:23

Do you want to head that way?

00:30

10-4, just put me on that.

00:32

Put 813 on it too.

00:33

We'll be around.

00:36

10-4. He did advise before the call that it looked like they were walking back towards their motorcycles at that time.

00:45

Okay, so it's no longer active.

00:49

Negative. He's not for certain what they were doing when they fired the weapon.

00:54

He did say that there was a dog barking down that way.

00:58

He doesn't know if it has something to do with that or not.

9/1/2026 08:48 PM

Weapons

Tumbling Creek Rd, Saltville, VA 24370

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, dispatch received a report of a possible shots fired incident near Tumbling Creek Road. A caller reported that a man and a woman had been acting erratically, may have stolen something, and that he fired a weapon. The caller was not certain what the people were doing when the weapon was fired and mentioned a barking dog in the area.