Fireworks mistaken for gunshots near North and Indiana, Kokomo IN
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Suspicious ActivityAs discussed during the dispatch call, officers responded to reports of possible gunfire near North Street and Indiana Avenue in Kokomo. Multiple callers reported hearing several loud bangs. After checking the area, deputies determined the sounds were fireworks, not gunshots.
Audio|Heard on: Howard IN Law Dispatch Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
Being routed to the area of McCann North, McCann North.
00:05
We received a report of five shots heard coming from the east-west location.
00:09
It just now happened in the area of McCann North.
00:14
62 is 41.
00:16
I just heard two gunshots to the northeast of Elm and Indiana.
00:24
42.
00:26
Four thirty-one, can you notate? I don't have a body cam.
00:32
Forty-four forty-one, I'll be right as well.
00:36
Forty-four.
00:38
And 50. And 17.
00:43
Four hundred and 19 for paper.
00:47
Four hundred and 50, can you TX dispatch please?
00:51
Clear.
00:59
Copy my traffic.
01:02
Negative.
01:04
Yeah, you.
01:06
Sixty-seven's in the area.
01:07
Shots fired.
01:10
Just got another call advising that they live near the intersection of Indiana and North.
01:15
It sounds like it's coming from on North Street just north of that location at the intersection of Indiana and North.
01:23
Sixty-two cooking.
01:24
Well, I am twenty-three at North and Indiana.
01:25
It is fireworks.
01:26
It is code nine.
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Location mentioned:
W North St & N Indiana Ave, Kokomo, IN 46901
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