On May 27th at 5:11 pm, two girls were shot, one fatally by a suspect identified as one of the boyfriends, 18 years of age. He fled on foot. A pursuit ensued by the Coral Springs Police department. The cool voice of the 911 dispatch operator contacted BSO to get a helicopter in the air to help with tracking down the killer. Almost 1 1/2 hours later, the shooter was captured and the city made safe again. Many officers were involved in this incident, including officers, detectives, canine unit, BSO helicopter ( PAPA call sign) Margate police .
Above is the 911 Dispatch radio transmission for this incident. By using a technique to remove any silence greater than 1/2 second, the recording is less than 1 hour. This is the compressed audio version and the real time of tracking down the killer was about 2 hours from start to finish. The recording starts with the tone issued by 911 for a major incident. It ends with a higher pitched tone . If the feed has not started, click on the play button.
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