Crime & Public Safety

Transcript: 911 calls related to shooting of Johnathan Cherol

Editor's note: Some of the conversation between callers and the dispatcher is graphic.

First caller:

Dispatcher: 911, where is your emergency?

Caller: It's at 39 Pinecrest Way. There's been a shooting.

Dispatcher: You said it's at 39 Pinecrest Way?

Caller: Yes ma'am.

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Dispatcher: What's going on there?

Caller: "I don't know, there's been a shooting. I'm not outside."

Dispatcher: What's going on?

(Uninteligible)

Dispatcher: I can't understand you. What's going on there?

Caller: "There has been a shooting." Dispatcher: Who is shooting?

Caller: "Someone has been shot."

Dispatcher: Ok, how old are they?

Caller: (Uninteligble) "He's 34." (Uninteligble)

Dispatcher: It's a male?

Caller: "Yes."

Dispatcher: Ok, where has he been shot at? Hello?

Caller: "Lady, I don't know where he's been shot."

Dispatcher: I do have someone en route, ok? Are the suspects there?

*Caller hangs up*

Second caller:

Dispatcher: 911, where is your emergency?

Caller: "My friend has been shot and killed."

Dispatcher: Hello?

Caller: "Hi, my friend has been shot and killed."

Dispatcher: I can't hear you sir. Can you say that again?

Caller: "My friend has been shot and killed."

Dispatcher: Ok, what is the address?

Caller: "It's Pinecrest, 39."

Dispatcher: 39 Pinecrest? And it just happened?

Caller: "Yes."

Dispatcher: Ok, and who is there now?

Caller: "Me and his roommate."

Dispatcher: OK, and you said he was shot?

Caller: "Yeah, we were sitting outside and he got shot in front of me."

Dispatcher: OK, and that was 39 Pinecrest. Correct?

Caller: "Yes."

Dispatcher: And is he bleeding?

Caller" "He got shot in the head and he's dead."

Dispatcher: I'm getting them en route to you, OK? Is the suspect there?

Caller: "I don't know. We were sitting outside and someone shot (uninteligble) ... We didn't see anybody."

Dispatcher: OK. Where is your friend at now?

Caller: "He's sitting outside. I ran inside."

Dispatcher: OK. Hold on for me.

Silence

Disatcher: Ok sir, you said you were sitting outside. You didn't see any suspects or anything?

Caller: "No. We were sitting out back."

Dispatcher: Did you see any vehicles or anything that came around?

Caller: "No they came from outside and by the driving range."

Dispatcher: OK. And he's not breathing?

Caller: "No. His brains blew out. He's dead.

Dispatcher: OK. You said his brains blew out?

Caller: "Yeah. He's been shot in the head."

Dispatcher: Law enforcement is en route to you. And what color is that residence?

Caller: "Roberts. What color is the house? It's 39, right? It's across from the (uninteligble) center."

Calls out to responding dispatchers.

Back with second caller:

Dispatcher: Sir, we do have them en route, ok?

Caller: "Alright."

Dispatcher: And it was just you there at the residence?

Caller: "No. His roommate was home in bed and me and John Cherol were sitting outside."

Dispatcher: How much total are there at the residence?

Caller: "Three."

Dispatcher: Ok. And no one saw anyone?

Caller: "No. We were sitting out there in the dark in the back because there's a driving range out back. We heard gunshots and then two shots were fired and ... (uninteligble)

*Talks to other people in the background*

Caller: "John is making sounds... John, are you alright?"

Dispatcher: So your friend was in the house when he got shot?

Caller: "No. We were sitting out back on the porch.

Dispatcher: Oh, sitting out back.

Caller: "He's making sounds..."

Dispatcher: So you say he's making sounds now? Hello sir? Hello?

*Confusion in the background*

Dispatcher: Hello sir?

Caller: "Yeah, the cops are here."

Dispatcher: You can go ahead and speak with them sir.

Caller: "Alright."

This story was originally published November 17, 2015 at 8:38 PM with the headline "Transcript: 911 calls related to shooting of Johnathan Cherol."

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