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1st officer: Alex Murdaugh didn't cry over dead wife and son

The first officer to arrive after Alex Murdaugh called 911 and reported his wife and son were shot noted the the attorney was upset but that he had no tears in his eyes

The Independent UK

911 audio reveals delivery driver saw congressman plunge 25 feet as lawmaker remains in hospital

Greg Steube has represented Florida since 2019

The Independent UK

The ‘first first responder’: Mental health clinicians are now taking some of Baltimore County’s 911 calls

BALTIMORE -- Around 8:30 p.m. one Thursday last fall, a phone rang.

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Florida: alleged burglars arrested after calling 911 for help moving belongings

Two arrested in Kissimmee after calling for assistance moving items from burglarized house and a ride to the airport

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Man killed in avalanche while skiing with his father in Colorado

The man’s body was recovered after his father, who was partially buried, was able to dig himself out and call 911

The Independent UK

Most Chicago 911 operators do a good job, but some need more training

911 operators, like dispatchers, must be able to think and respond quickly without relying on a pre-written script.

Chicago Sun-Times

Witness who called 911 to report brutal rape of Manhattan jogger claims no one else stepped in to help

‘Nobody even looked in our direction,’ says Good Samaritan who stopped to help sexual assault victim

The Independent UK

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Texas high-school student detained after 911 call asking how many years he’d get for a killing

FORT WORTH, Texas — An Eaton High School student was detained Tuesday after he called 911 and said he wanted to find out how many years he would get for killing someone because he felt like slaying others, according to a police call log.

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Family of man fatally shot by LAPD files wrongful death lawsuit against LA and police officers

The family of 22-year-old Margarito Lopez Jr. filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday against the city of Los Angeles and the two Los Angeles Police Department officers who fatally shot the man after his sister called 911 because she was afraid her brother might hurt himself.

Los Angeles Times

Raleigh shooting: Distressed 911 callers describe chilling scenes after 5 gunned down

Distressed callers who dialled 911 as a deadly shooting unfolded in Raleigh, North Carolina, described chilling scenes of bleeding bodies lying on the ground and screams ringing out

Daily Mirror

Rep. Lee Zeldin, daughters recount horror of drive-by shooting outside Long Island home

NEW YORK — New York gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin’s teen daughters recalled the heart-stopping fear they felt dialing 911 and racing to an upstairs bathroom as gunshots rang out near their Long Island home.

Tribune News Service

Cops: Fake 911 call helped unravel Vermont murder for hire

A Los Angeles biotech investor is back in Vermont where he is facing a murder for hire charge for his alleged role in the 2018 kidnapping and death of a Danville man

The Independent UK

Man admits to running over teenager he suspected of ‘links to extreme right political group’

Accused tells investigators he fled the scene after hitting Ellingson but returned to call 911

The Independent UK

Family of Colorado man shot by police wants accountability

Family members are asking for accountability in the death of a 22-year-old Colorado man who was shot by police earlier this year after calling 911 for roadside assistance

The Independent UK

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Brickbat: When Time Is of the Essence

At around 7 p.m. on June 14, Parrish Chambers began banging on the door of Connie Dadkhah's San Diego home and screaming loudly. Two neighbors called 911 to report him. An NBC 7 report found that neighbors continued to call, at least five more times, over the next hour, but…

The Independent UK

Internet outage leaves millions of Canadians without access to internet, ATM machines and 911 lines

By Saturday morning, Rogers Communications said the ‘vast majority’ of services had come back online, while still providing no answer as to what the cause was for the disruption

The Independent UK

911 dispatcher charged with manslaughter after allegedly refusing to send woman an ambulance

‘I believe she would be alive today if they would have sent an ambulance’

The Independent UK

Dispatcher who didn't send ambulance charged in 2020 death

A Pennsylvania 911 operator faces involuntary manslaughter and other charges for failing to send an ambulance to the rural home of a woman who died of internal bleeding about a day later

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Los Angeles Times

Parents of LA man killed by intruder sue LAPD over response to prior 911 calls

LOS ANGELES — The parents of a 31-year-old man fatally stabbed by an intruder at his home in the Beverly Grove neighborhood last year have sued the Los Angeles Police Department, claiming the police mishandled multiple 911 calls about the suspect in the hours before the attack.

Tribune News Service

AT&T rolls out cutting-edge 911 call tracking technology

When someone calls 911, seconds matter. That’s why the first question a 911 dispatcher asks is, “What is the address of the emergency?”

Tribune News Service

Who killed Maggie and Paul Murdaugh? 1 year later, South Carolina police say case ‘very much active’

The first call notifying 911 that Maggie and Paul Murdaugh had been shot to death came one year ago June 7 from a frantic Alex Murdaugh, who told operators he found his wife and youngest son bleeding out and not breathing on the family’s Moselle estate.

Daily Mirror

Uvalde teacher did NOT prop door open for shooter to access school, lawyer says

The Texas teacher, who has not been named, remembers 'pulling the door closed' while on the phone to 911 after hearing shots fired, according to her lawyer

Tribune News Service

New timeline of Texas school shooting includes student 911 calls as officers wait outside

Students trapped in a classroom with the gunman repeatedly called 911 during this week’s attack on a Texas elementary school as nearly 20 officers waited in the hallway for more than 45 minutes, authorities said Friday, according to the Associated Press.

Chicago Sun-Times

Children called 911 inside Texas school amid shooting as police response lagged, officials say

Throughout the attack, teachers and children repeatedly called 911 asking for help, including a girl who pleaded: “Please send the police now,” authorities said.

The Independent UK

Texas school shooting: 10-year-old tried dialing 911 to save others as she was shot and killed

Amerie Jo Garza was a ‘teacher’s pet’ and had a ‘generous heart’, her grandmother said

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