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.
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."