Vehicle exhaust sounds mistaken for gunfire in alley, Seattle WA


Reports of gunshots in an alley near Taylor Ave N were investigated. Officers determined the sounds were caused by a vehicle's exhaust, not gunfire.
Audio|Source: Seattle Downtown Law Enforcement
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Transcript:
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Getting reported shots from the alley, near Taylor Ave N.
00:03
Four shots from the alleyway, near Taylor Ave N.
00:06
Queen-03, go ahead.
00:07
Queen-O-1, how else a shot phone?
00:08
Queen-O-1 is gone?
00:09
Queen-0-3. We were here for those shots.
00:11
It sounded like an exhaust, not shots.
00:12
Copy that, possibly exhaust.
00:14
I'd like you to back Queen-O-1, though, if we could.
00:16
Queen-O-1 is two-author car.
00:17
Which officer car? What's your officer car? What's your officer car? What's it does it go?
00:20
Zero-3-thouse.
00:21
We get Lincoln, Enra?
00:22
Sure, for another five.
00:23
Queen Zero-3.
00:25
Queen Zero-three.
00:26
Those shots were not shot.
00:28
It was something from a vehicle, and it happened to have four in broad right in front of us.
00:32
You can just stack out to us and handled.
00:34
Queen, I won't copy that.
00:35
It was not shots.
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Location mentioned:
Near Taylor Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109
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