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The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang in New York

‘She got mad’: 911 dispatcher allegedly hung up during Buffalo shooting call

A memorial is seen in the wake of a weekend shooting at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York.
A memorial is seen in the wake of a weekend shooting at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters

A 911 dispatcher has been placed on administrative leave and will probably be fired after allegedly hanging up on a Tops supermarket employee during Saturday’s shooting rampage in Buffalo, New York, where a white supremacist allegedly killed 10 people.

Latisha Rogers, an assistant office manager at the Tops supermarket, said she called 911 and whispered quietly into the phone about the shooter, who was already in the store.

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