Multiple shots fired near West Main Street in Charlottesville, Charlottesville VA
WeaponsMultiple shots were fired near West Main Street in Charlottesville. Witnesses reported a group of males wearing dark clothing. One male, aged 15 to 20, wore red pants and a black hoodie and fled toward the nearby apartment area. Police searched parking garages, trails, and apartment complexes following the incident. No details on injuries were confirmed at the time.
Audio|Source: Charlottesville, Albemarle, and UVA Police
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Transcript:
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CPC 84, C.B 65, go ahead, update, a great party one just based on the number of calls we're getting and different information.
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A report of multiple shots fired.
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Callers said they saw a group of (name withheld).
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It's going to be in the area near West Main Street.
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Cp.
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19, are you direct?
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At this time, we're not sure if anyone was hit or getting inundated with calls.
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Four on, 17 minutes.
00:29
You could put that crash, not from the pending.
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Myself is 6A.
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We were responding to respondent.
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10-4[1].
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ECCC holding traffic Citi-Com1, holding traffic on C.B.com1.
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Cidicom-1. Good. Morning, UCC.C.
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Now at the A3.3.
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Go on. Okay, 4.
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AECD units on scene and en route to West Main Street for the shots fired.
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The suspect supposedly ran back in the direction of the graduate.
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They were three (name withheld) males wearing all black clothing from what we've got so far.
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CP80-based, all these people are saying that the shot came from the parking garage and then we have some suspects that ran down Wertland Street towards Hardy.
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Okay. 10-4[1].
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6.5 in the area.
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We are... 104.
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150 to base, attach me.
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104.
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84, you're in line of traffic.
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Do you say they ran down to Portland Port Harvey?
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104, you see? 9.51.
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3.
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104. Downboard, one towards Harvey.
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104. 104.
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Let's get units to look for a scene and some people will start canvassing.
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19 DCC can notify UVA just in case.
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10-4[1].
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6504, I'm under the garage we haven't seen yet.
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I've seen you're going to have to repeat.
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I can't hear you.
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6.5.80.
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I'm under the garage.
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Do you have a scene in the garage yet?
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No. All right now can get it.
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1768. 1768.
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Good person.
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Easy to U.B2-09.
02:46
If you could go to John Street and we could check those trails that run behind to the apartment complexes there.
02:53
FYI, we have reports of shots fired on the corner by Boilin Heights.
02:56
Please work.
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Yeah.
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Two hundred units, go ahead and head towards hospital.
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Just to be prepared, please.
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He's a CDNF on the West Main Street incident.
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Another more,
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better description that was a (name withheld) male, 15 to 20 years old, wearing red pants,
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a black hoodie and had his face covered.
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And that was one of the ones that ran towards Whartland.
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Sixth we're directing the area.
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Three, a directing route.
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Two, three, three, six, direct in a row.
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One-17b is going to get in contact to the monitoring station and see if they were able to capture a
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picture of the suspects.
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It's 10-4[1], we'll check.
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E-60UP-219, do you want me to add them to the Charlottesville call or create a new one at the hospital?
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We can stand by for now until we have something confirmed.
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Ten-four.
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One fifty, if you just slide over near Hardy, see if anyone matches that description.
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Hold on Hardy now.
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143 is also in the area of Hardy Drive.
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Ten-four.
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A city unit from West Main Street.
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Just be advised, we've gotten a couple calls now witnesses claiming that the shots likely came from the parking garage at the corner of 14th and Wertland.
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Monitoring station is revealing footage and they'll call back.
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Eighty-four hundred hundred thousand fifty-five risk.
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Ten-four.
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19 units. Once we clear Hardy, we can start canvassing back towards Whartland,
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and then we can collapse back to the garage fine scene.
04:48
One 50s, sir.
04:51
There's a call coming in now.
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It says, about five minutes ago, suspects ran and hop defense into another apartment complex.
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11 minutes.
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I'm going to be on foot into 1,200 block of Worland Street.
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Top 4.
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It's a city and it's at West Main Street.
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The call we're getting now about them jumping the fence, I believe it's going to be the Whartland Square apartments where they claim they did that.
05:27
There was someone wearing red sweat.
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Yes.
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That's where I'm out now, and there is a trail that runs back towards Hardy, that runs along the World Square apartment, it's down towards John Street.
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Town, 4.
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See, there's no way, John.
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The way,
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same traffic.
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Ten-four.
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One, four-three base.
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Let me on a third hardy drive, just kind of checking around.
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Location mentioned:
14th St NW, Charlottesville, VA 22903
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