Juveniles set off fireworks mistaken for gunshots at shopping mall, Jersey City NJ
Suspicious ActivityAn incident at Newport Centre Mall involved reports of shots fired near Macy's. Police responded with multiple units. It was later confirmed that juveniles were setting off fireworks, not gunfire.
Audio|Source: Jersey City Police
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Transcript:
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003, East 503 and East Lieutenant 4, 5, and 3.
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Be advised you got one call here in Newport Centre Mall by Macy.
00:07
Somebody thought they heard four to five shots fired.
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That's East 4, 5 in East Lieutenant.
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Four received, just one of five here, you please.
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Yep.
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East 5, you got that?
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Fire received.
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Easton, I got that.
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East PC, you want to head that way also?
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Me en route.
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Over 20 units, just everybody park on the roundabout prior to get into Macy's.
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We're going to go in now.
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ESU, Channel 3, ESU Channel 3.
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Yeah, Morgias 4 received that by the Macy's.
00:51
If you can get the call back on the line, get a little bit more on locations.
00:59
What was there?
01:03
Good.
01:07
Here was a caller.
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She left her bike in front of a 71 sip, 1330 hours, came back 1,800 hours.
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Notice it was no longer there.
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Value at (number withheld).
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There is a possibility of footage.
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Can't be accessed until morning.
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She'd stuff about social.
01:30
The time is going to be 1829, the file number of (number withheld).
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What was that message? That was unreadable, man.
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Oh, Arnold.
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You have five.
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Have you had this call come from EMS? Are they on scene?
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Or are they staged?
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Can't from me.
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Not on one caller.
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I'm going to eat here for you.
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Yeah,
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five received that.
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Make sure they're staged before we headed.
02:27
Received that. Received that.
02:32
Is there anybody else that can update because I'm not getting the E-4's message?
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So far, not this show.
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If you want to go outside them all, I'll try to reach security as soon as we're going on.
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Okay, if you see.
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Before, I want to call back to make any further.
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A call back some is no good.
03:06
And Lieutenant, we have anything from mall security?
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They're trying to make confidence.
03:13
We're trying to make confidence. Uh,
03:19
white people,
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outside, screaming.
03:21
It was a shot fired in the arrow festival.
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All right, near Aéropostale received.
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We had somebody reporting that it was shot fired over there.
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My partner and I'm going to go check out the Arapa spell now.
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I'm ready to report back to step in.
03:47
If you can notify transit, see if they got anything on the cameras.
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And as soon as somebody has a script on the actor, if they can put it in the air route.
03:58
All right. Intel is on to that with the cameras at least.
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This one.
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Okay.
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So we're looking for air support.
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Fire attackers that were going on to spread out the episode.
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$15,000, starting mileage, 26, 5, 7.2.
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Everything for dear.
04:28
Okay,
04:31
Lieutenant, was that somebody letting off fireworks in the store?
04:36
Yeah, possibly juveniles letting all firepractors watched from the one worker here in the store.
04:45
Yeah, both, that's correct.
04:46
Multiple people here saying firecrackers and juveniles ran off.
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I'm off of the five-car.
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He's starting a shoe this way.
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We could hear her screaming on the inside.
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See?
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And while you're right, can you have a little bit right.
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I'll receive.
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DSU, Channel 4.
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DSU, Channel 4.
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37 Grace Street.
05:24
Units off for a bipolar female having an episode.
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MC was notified they don't have a bus to it yet.
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I can't hear the female scream at the door.
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We're going to the mall for possible shots fire.
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They're notified from the dispatcher that it was firework.
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So yeah, just see if they can locate any large groups of juveniles and send them on their way.
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Location mentioned:
Newport Centre Mall, 20 Mall Dr E, Jersey City, NJ 07310
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