20 Conversation recorded on July 4, 2006, at 049 on Channel 12
22 EOC Amy Zankowitz: Communications
:31 Female Amy Smith: Hi, Um, I have a neighbor who - it sounds like he’s shooting a gun at his house
:33 EOC: Okay. Where?
:44 Female: 251 Cabell Heights Road, and I would like my call to be anonymous, because he’s threatened me with a gun several times, and another neighbor
:48 EOC: Okay. Um
:52 Female: I just need somebody to come up here and drive by and -
1:06 EOC: Okay. Ma’am, I just need to get some information. When you turn off of Wickham, where is his residence at; did you say 251?
1:08 Female: 251 Cabell Heights Road
1:16 EOC: Okay. Can you give me some directions, ma’am; Hello
1:20 Female: If you’re coming from – where is he coming from?
1:27 EOC: Okay. I’m going to try to bring ‘em off of Wickham Road. You turn left there onto Cabell Heights Road, you come up the hill?
1:35 Female: Correct. It’s at Primrose Lane and Cabell Heights Road, he’s right on the corner there, a white house
1:48 EOC: You said it was a white house? (sound of typing)
1:51 Female: Yes
1:53 EOC: Do you know his name?
1:55 Female: Yes. His name is Rob Webb
2:03 EOC: Do you know what kind of gun he has, is it a pistol, a shotgun, do you know?
2:10 Female: It sounds like it might be some kind of pistol, but I don’t know, it doesn’t sound like a shotgun
2:12 EOC: And he’s outside?
2:16 Female: Yes. He’s blaring music and -
2:25 EOC: Okay, I know you don’t want to leave your name, but can I have a call back number just in case I need to call you back?
2:37 Female: (unclear) 254-8531. But I don’t want him knowing I’m calling, because he’s threatened me with a gun. (laughter)
2:41 EOC: Ma’am I don’t even have your name. Okay. But we’ll send someone out okay
2:43 Female: Thank you
2:44 EOC: Thank you
2:48 EOC Sharon Coffey:: 113 Control - 113 Control - Negative contact 103 control - 103 Control
:53 103: I answered it, go ahead
3:06 EOC Sharon: I didn’t get anything but a click. I have reports of shots fired Cabell Heights Road. I have a Rob Webb that is supposed to be outside of his own residence shooting towards his residence with a pistol
3:13 103: Joe Williams: Dispatch one of the units there. Did you get anything back on that alarm?
3:26 EOC Sharon: Negative 113 - Control. Negative contact with 113 at 053. 140 - Control
3:30 140 John Hajash: 140
3:24 EOC Sharon: 140 - We’re still checking on that alarm. Did you copy the call at Cabell Heights Road, we have a Rob Webb outside of his own house shooting towards his house?
3:50 140: 10-4 136 He’s on off duty, Control advise he’s heading that way also?
3:57 EOC Sharon: Copy - 136 is heading towards Cabell Heights also?
4:01 140: 10-4 (Sound of siren)
4:05 136: Control - I’ll be in route with 140
4:10 113: Control - 113
4:14 EOC: 113
4:19 113 James Bare: I apologize, I was out here with 141 had my radio off
4:32 EOC: Copy. The other units are taking that call at Cabell Heights Road. I’ve got another call at 129 Giles Court in Glen Daniel. Supposed to be a Roger and a Tommy Henderson fighting outside their residence
113: 10-4. Keep me advised of the situation there
EOC: Copy. The caller advises that both subjects are known to carry a gun, although they have not saw a gun
113: 10-4
4:47 136: Control -136 Control - for the time being go ahead and log me on-duty for the county, please. Control - 136
4:52 EOC: Control - 136
4:56 136: Control - Did you advise this was a handgun?
5:05 EOC: They advised - the caller advised it was possibly a pistol and he was supposed to be shooting at his house
5:13 136: Control - Can you find out if there’s anybody in the house, and get us a description on the male
5:18 EOC. Copy - Standby. (telephone ringing)
5:39 Female Amy Smith: Hello
5:45 EOC Sharon: Ma’am, I’m calling you back from the Sheriff’s Department, you called in that guy that was shooting at his house, is he still outside shooting?
5:46 Female: He’s still outside
5:47 EOC: Do what?
5:48 Female: He’s still outside
5:52 EOC: Can you give me a description on him, is he a white male and can you tell me what he’s wearing
5:56 Female: I’m not outside, I’m not that close
6:00 EOC: Okay. Do you know him well enough to give me a description? Is he a white male?
6:03 Female: He’s a white male, very long hair -
6:04 EOC: With long hair
6:10 Female: - past his waist. He usually wears a cap, he usually has tee-shirt and jeans on
6:13 EOC: Okay. Is he still outside and is he still shooting?
6:18 Female: He hasn’t shot for a little while, but he’s still out there
6:21 EOC: Okay. Hold on just a second for me, ma’am
6:22 Female: Okay
6:45 EOC: 136 - Control
136: Go ahead
EOC: Caller is advising the Webb subject is a white male, has long hair, usually wearing a cap, but she can’t give a clothing description at this time. Advised he is still outside, but he has not shot for a while
6:52 136: Did she advise, does he have any family in the house that you know of?
6:54 EOC: Do you know if there’s anybody in the house over there ma’am?
6:58 Female: Oh, I’m sure his wife and kids are over there
7:00 EOC: He does have a wife and kids?
7:01 Female: Yeah
7:02 EOC: Do you know how many kids?
7:04 Female: There's two kids
7:13 EOC: She’s advising the male subject does have a wife and two kids, she cannot advise for sure if they are inside the residence
7:19 136: 10-4, What was that numerical again?
7:38 EOC: Its 251 - it’s at the corner of Primrose Lane and Cabell Heights Road. It's a white house
136 140 - Are you familiar with that?
EOC: Okay. Ma’am, I appreciate it
7:40 Female: Okay
7:44 140: Negative Control, how far is that going to be on Cabell Heights?
7:46 EOC: Do you know about how far out that is off of Cabell Heights Road; when you turn onto Cabell Heights?
7:53 Female: If you’re coming from Wickham, it’s probably two blocks, approximately
8:02 EOC: She says it’s probably about two blocks
EOC: Okay. Do you know if there’s any vehicles?
140: Is it the left or the right?
8:08 Female: He has like a pickup truck, extended cab. It’s a Chevy
8:09 EOC: Do you know what color it is?
8:10 Female: Chevy, it’s blue
8:20 EOC: Advise, there should be a blue Chevy pickup truck extended cab at the house and can you tell if it’s on the left or the right?
140: 10-4 136 and myself is turning on Cabell Heights?
136: Hey Muffin, let’s shut it down a little bit before that and just walk in
8:27 Female: It sits right on Cabell Heights Road on the left
8:39 EOC: Okay. All right. I think they have just turned on Cabell Heights Road. If you see or hear anything else - Is that shots I hear?
8:41 Female: No
8:48 EOC: Okay. If you see or hear anything else can you call me back on 911, because I’ve got two officers there on Cabell Heights Road?
Female: Okay
8:49 EOC: Okay
8:50 Female: Thank you
8:51 EOC: Thank you, Bye, bye
8:54 136: Go ahead
EOC: The caller is advising the Webb subject is a white male, has long hair, usually wearing a cap, but she can’t give a clothing description at this time. Advise he is still outside, but he has not shot for a while
9:16 136: Did she advise – does he have any family in the house that you know of?
9:29 EOC: She’s advising the male subject does have a wife and two kids, she cannot advise for sure if they are inside the residence.
9:35 136: 10-4. What was that numerical again?
the corner of Primrose Lane and Cabell Heights Road, it’s a white house
9:50 136: 140 - Are you familiar with that?
9:56 140: Negative Control, how far is that going to be on Cabell Heights?
10:04 EOC: She says it’s probably about two blocks
10:10 140: 10-4. Is it going to be on the left or the right?
10:20 EOC: Advise, there should be a blue Chevy pickup truck, extended cab at the house
10:28 140: 10-4. 136 and myself is turning on Cabell Heights?
10:34 136: Hey Muffin, let’s shut it down a little bit before then and just walk in
140: 140
10:45 140: Control - 140\
10:48 EOC: 140
10:56 140: Is this residence going to be on the left or the right, the numerical again?
11:01 EOC: The numerical is 251 - standby, 140 - the house should be on the right if you’re coming off of Old Eccles Road
11:16 140: 10-4. Control - where is this house going to be at in relation to Circle Tree Drive?
11:40 EOC: As you’re coming off of Old Eccles Road it’s going to be past Circle Tree Drive on the right, right at the intersection with Primrose Lane. If you’re past Primrose Lane you’ve gone too far
11:53 140: 10 -4, 10-4. Control -140
11:58 EOC: 140
12:04 140: The complainant, ask them if it’s the house where all the music is coming from?
12:20 EOC: Copy telephone ringing)
244: 244 - Control
12:29 Female: Hello
12:31 EOC: Ma’am, I’m sorry, I’m calling you back from the Sheriff’s Department
12:32 Female: Uh-huh, yes
EOC: 244
12:40 EOC: Can you advise for the officer if that’s the house where all the music is coming from?
12:41 Female: Yes, it is
12:49 EOC: Copy. 140 - Control she advises affirmative. The deputy must be there in the area
12:52 Female: Okay. I seen him walk out in the road
12:54 EOC: Do what?
12:58 Female: Mr. Webb, he’s walked out in the road a couple times
13:02 EOC: Do you know where he’s at right now?
13:07 Female: Well I believe he’s in his driveway, but I can’t see what he’s doing over there, because there’s shrubbery and -
13:11 EOC: Okay. So you can’t really tell me exactly where he’s at right now?
13:19 Female: But I’ve seen him walk out in the road a couple times on Primrose and then walk back to his driveway
13:27 EOC: Okay
244
EOC: If you don’t mind, can you stay on here with me for just a minute?
13:30 Female: Okay. I need to move to another room, because I’m on cordless
13:31 EOC: Okay
13:40 Female: He only does stuff like this when he’s drunk or high or something
13:49 EOC: Yeah. Okay. I think we’ve got about three officers there that’s right there in the area
14:03 Female: I was - I’m here by myself 90% of the time, my husband works on the road and, you know, he does stuff like this all the time
14:05 EOC: Yeah, okay
14:26 Female: You know, He's - I’ve had trouble with him for two years, he’s the reason I have a fence around my yard, because he drives over my yard with his four-wheeler and his vehicles and he’s threatened me numerous times with a gun, because I tell him to stay off my property.
(laughter)
14:28 EOC: Oh, Okay
14:30 Female: I don’t know what he’s doing out there
14:51 EOC: All right. Are you at a point where you can see if the officers are over there; I mean, I don’t want you to go to any window that’s going to put yourself in any danger or anything. I didn’t know if you can see ‘em pull up or not
14:54 Female: I don’t see any car lights or anything
14:56 EOC: Okay
14:58 Female: And his music is still blaring so apparently they’re not over there yet
15:05 EOC: Okay. All right. I was concerned if there was anyone else in the house.
15:11 Female: Well, nobody stands up to this guy -
15:13 EOC – Okay
15:25 Female: - because he threatens them with a .9mm gun he has over there. I mean, I seem to be the only person that will stand up to him, and you know, and I’m here by myself.
(laughter)
15:35 EOC: Right, I understand. I understand. Okay, ma’am, I'll let you get off of here I think they’re out there and I appreciate your information
15:36 Female: Okay, thank you
EOC: Alright, bye-bye
15:41 140: 10-4 (unclear) about 30 seconds.113 to 140.
15:48 113: 113
15:53 140: (unclear) wants to know if you’re in route up this way?
15:58 113 Bare: Negative, I’ve got a call at Glen Daniels
16:03 140 Hajash: Oh, my God!
16:09:140: Shots fired, send EMS – suspects down
16:12 EOC: Copy
16:18 140 Kade: Please
16:21 EOC: Copy, we’re getting ‘em in route
16:27 140: Our cruisers are parked at the beginning of Cabell -
16:33 EOC: Copy - where the cruisers are parked?
16:44 136: No, tell em to come down the road, just come on down it, we’ll be looking for ‘em, we parked at the mouth of the road. Send EMS now
16:48 EOC: We’ve got ‘em in route
16:52 103: Are ya’ll okay?
17:00 136: 10-4 we’re fine. He got out an AK-47 - he drew down on us with it
17:05 103: Secure the scene I’ll be there
17:13 EOC: (Tone) Raleigh Control - pager - 614, pager - 614, need you to respond 251 Cabell Heights Road, Cabell Heights, Cabell Heights. Have a possible gunshot victim. Canine 465 at 1:13
17:47 614: 614 is in route
17:52 EOC: Copy, I’m trying to find you another second unit
Male: (unclear) Go ahead
18:08 136: Control - 136, do you have an ETA for EMS?
18:13 EOC: They’re coming from town, coming from town, we’ll get an ETA for you. We told them to expedite
18:18 136: 10-4, 10-4
18:24 244: 244 Control
18:26 EOC: 244
18:30 244: Control - Do you need other units to respond?
18:35 101 Steve Tanner Negative
18:36 244: 10-4
Male: Negative
EOC: 645 - correction 614 - Control
614 - Control
18:52 EOC: Go ahead
18:58 EOC: 645 - correction, 614 they’re wanting to know your ETA?
19:06 614: (unclear) eight
19:10 EOC: Copy - eight minutes?
19:16 614: (unclear)
19:29 EOC: Copy, eight minutes ETA - you did copy, you need to step it up. (Tone) Raleigh Control, pager 645 – 645 respond to 251 Cabell Heights Road at Cabell Heights. I have a male gunshot victim down, have one unit responding, need a second unit.
Canine 465 at 1:15
EOC Sharon: EMS is in route they’re advising about 6 to 8 minutes, we’ve got two in route and we told ‘em to expedite
20:09 (Tone) Raleigh Control - pager 645 - 645 second tone, need you to respond 251 Cabell Heights Road, have a male, male gunshot victim down, need a second unit, second tone, 1:16
20:42 645: 645
EOC- 645
20:45 645: We’re responding, what was the location?
20:51 EOC: 251 Cabell Heights Road - 251 Cabell Heights Road
20:54 645: Can you give me a location on that ma’am?
20:57 EOC: Which way are you going to be coming?
21:00 645: We’re going to be on Rural Acres
21:07 EOC: 645 You can come down Harper Park Drive off of Harper Road, turn right on to Wickham Road and then make a left past Sunny Acres onto Cabell Heights Road, also law enforcement, you need to step it up
21:25 645: 10-4. You say you’ve got another unit responding also?
21:31 EOC: I’ve got 614 responding, but I needed a second unit
21:41 136: (unclear) 103
21:47 103: Go ahead
21:51 136: You’re going to let 101 -
21:57 103: I’ll take care of that as I drive, secure the scene
22:02 141: Which house ya’ll at?
22:07 136: On down the road just a distance
22:13 141: We're here by your cruisers now, we gotta walk down the main road?
EOC: 645 - Control
22:35 140: (unclear) standing in the middle of the road with a flashlight, you’ll see me
22:43 141: 10-4. Are ya’ll on the main road - Cabell Heights Road?
22:47 140: You’ll see me
22:53 141: Control - I’m out down here with ‘em
22:55 EOC - Copy
23:02 614: 614
23:05 EOC: 614
23:10 614: Can you give me the address again on Cabell Height Road?
23:23 EOC: 614 – it’s 251 Cabell Heights Road, it’s at the intersection of Primrose Lane and Cabell Heights. You’ll see all the police cruisers.
23:25 614: I’m on scene
23:31 EOC: You’re on scene at 01:21 - I’ve got some back-up coming from Rural Acres
23:41
23:44 136: Go ahead
23:50 103: I’m on Cabell Heights Road, where you at down there
23:59 136: Keep coming down Cabell Heights and you’ll see us on the side of the road. We parked up top and we walked a ways down in here
24:08 103: Okay. I've passed Harper Park Drive, is that correct or what?
24:17 136: We came in off of - we came in off of Old Eccles – I don’t know, I didn’t come in that side.
24:24 103: You say you came in off of Old Eccles, did you turn left or did you turn right back towards Mabscott?
24:33 EOC: 103 - if you’re on Harper Park Drive, turn right, turn right onto Wickham Road
24:36 103: 10-4
24:41 EOC: If you’re in Cabell Heights you’ll turn off to your left off of Wickham
EOC Amy: Control
EOC Sharon: Affirmative.
645: Off of Harper Road, you make a right, you said ma'am
Male: Control
EOC: 645 - you're radio broke out but if you're on Harper Park Drive, if you're at the end there intersection with Wickham, turn right, turn right past Sunny Acres, across the railroad tracks and you'll see Cabell Heights Road turns to the left, it goes up a hill
645: 10-4 Ma'am, Is the other unit on scene?
EOC: Affirmative. The other unit is on scene, they've been there for about 3 minutes
645: Be there in about 2 seconds
25:42 103: It’s actually Cabell Heights Road then, right?
25:45 EOC: Affirmative, turn onto Cabell Heights Road off of Wickham Road
25:55 103: Okay
103: Control -103
25:57 EOC: 103
26:06 103: I’ve been trying to get a hold of 101 - call him and see if you can't get him up
26:08 EOC: Copy
EOC Amy: When you go up Cabell Heights Road, it's not very far -
26:24 Control -103
26:29 EOC: 103
26:31 103: I’m out
26:33 EOC: Copy
26:41 645: 645 - We’re on scene
26:45 EOC: Copy 645 - at 0126
EOC: 103 - Control
103: Go ahead
26:56 EOC: Be advised I’m unable to make contact with 101. I left a message on the home phone and on the cell phone
27:11 103: Control -103
27:14 EOC: 103
27:20 103: I assume you’ve already done it, but go ahead and start getting the times and everything together for us
27:23 EOC: Copy, we’ve got ‘em together
103: 113 - 103
645: Control - 645.
EOC: 645
645: Yes ma'am I'm going to be clearing the scene, unclear, ETA, unclear, transport
EOC: 645 - Copy. You're clear of the scene
645: Yes ma'am, we'll be clear
103: 103 - 113
28:12 100 Sheriff Danny Moore: Control -100
8:16 EOC: 100
28:21 100: Okay Where’s this off of Wickham Road?
28:35 EOC: Off of Wickham Road you’ll need to turn onto Cabell Heights Road, go down towards Old Eccles Road. It’s going to be on your left just past Primrose Lane
28:52 100: From the intersection at the end of Crescent Road at the bottom of the hill at the underpass, I don’t know if that’s Cabell Road or not, do you make a right or a left?
29:00 EOC: 100 I believe you’ll need to take a right
29:07 100: 10-4
29:16 100: Control - I’ve just passed Sunny Acres addition, is it up in Sunny Acres?
29:27 EOC: 100 - it’s actually going to be on Cabell Heights Road. Are you familiar with Cabell Heights Road?
29:30 100: 10-4
29:41 EOC: Copy. You’ll need to turn onto Cabell Heights Road there off of Wickham Road, it’s going to be just past Cherry Tree Drive intersection, if you’re familiar with that
29:49 113: 100 - 113
29:52 100: Go ahead
30:02 113: Sheriff, it’s about halfway up Cabell Heights Road, it's, actually it’s on Primrose Lane. It'll be on your left coming from your way
30:06 100: 10-4
123: 113
30:11 113: 113
30:18 123: Did I copy right, you’re off of Cabell Heights Road, on I believe you said Primrose?
30:27 113: Yeah. Just come up Cabell Heights there and come in from Old Eccles which ever way, you’re right in the middle of it
30:31 123: Negative
30:38 101: 103 - 101
30:42 103: Go ahead
30:47 101: Give me a location, Jim
31:04 103: Okay. If you’ll turn up the road beside of Pasquale’s, come to the end of the road, Wickham Road, turn right, go up to Cabell Heights Road, turn left and you’ll turn – from up there you’ll see the lights
EOC: Communications
33:27 103: Bye. Control -103
103: Control - 103
EOC: 103
103 - Log down mileage 52055 courtesy escort. I'll give you the 042 in a little bit.
EOC: Copy
103: Control - 103.
EOC: 103
103: Log my mileage 52060, 114 Pluto Drive, it's off Cleveland School Road
EOC: Communications
103: I was waiting
EOC: Yeah
103: On that call I just gave you, her name was Anna Young, (unclear), she works at AppleBee's and she was walking up through all this mess and -
EOC: Oh, okay
103: -scared to death and it scared me (unclear) to see her (unclear). give her a ride
EOC: Yeah
103: So, I told her, I said if that does happen again, don't walk, call the sheriff's office and we'll make arrangements
EOC: Okay
103: There's just too much crap going on right here
EOC: Oh, yeah
103: Anyway, I'm clear, I've got to go by the house, find me some kind of flashlight, It's dead, everything I got's dead
EOC: Okay
103: And we'll start answering these calls
EOC: Okay
103: The rest of the guys are on the scene, Kade and Hajash will not be back
EOC: Hajash and Kade okay?
103: Yeah, they're pretty shook -
EOC: Yeah
103: (unclear) Finally we found that woman lives behind this guy
EOC: Yeah. Yeah
103: pretty much scared to death of him
EOC: Well, she says he's brandished a gun on her in the past and - she was scared
103: Okay, Alright then, talk to you later
EOC: Alright, bye bye.
103: Control 103
EOC: 103
103: I forgot to ask on the phone, secure that tape of the call, the complainant call and everything
EOC: Copy
136: Control 136
EOC: 136
136: Out to headquarters
EOC: Copy. The time is now 3:10
140: Control 140 - same traffic
EOC: Copy - 140
103: Control 103
EOC: 103
103: (unclear)
EOC: 103, I couldn't copy
103: (unclear) give me what you had
EOC: Communications
101: Hey, this is Tanner
EOC: Yeah
101: Wendell?
EOC: Yep
101: Okay. Wendell, you got Mabscott or one of the fire departments with some material to soak up on this shooting call. Are they on their way to my scene?
EOC: No, I was waiting on permission from you
101: I need them up here post-haste. We’re trying to clear the scene and we need to get this – we’ve got a great deal of –
EOC: Okay
EOC: On lookers
101: --matter –
EOC: Oh, matter
101: --that needs to be taken care of and we need some kind of absorbent material we can put down and then hose down the lot, (unclear) We need them to put a post-hast on it
EOC: All right
101: We were waiting on ‘em, we weren’t aware that you were waiting on us to ask for it, get ‘em in route
EOC: Yeah, we’ll do that
101: Thank you
EOC: All right, bye-bye (Tone) Raleigh Control - station 113, station 113. Need a unit to respond Cabell Heights Road, area 251 Cabell Heights Road with some absorbent material. Communication 113, need you to respond to 251 Cabell Heights Road in Cabell Heights with some absorbent material.
Law enforcement on scene at 3:28
113: Control - 113.
EOC: 113.
113: (unclear)
EOC: Copy at 3:29. If you give me a public service I’ll give you some more details
BPD: (phone ringing) Beckley City Police
114: This is 114 -
EOC - Hold on just a minute
614: Okay, I got em'
EOC: Kevin?
614: Hey Buddy, Hey, That area of that location on Cabell Heights Road there has been a shooting and Detective Tanner needs some absorbent material and then to hose the area down for blood
114: You want to repeat that one more time
EOC: There was a shooting, an officer had some shots fired and a officer had to shoot him. That's at 251 Cabell Heights Road go Cabell Heights end or Wickham end or anyway they need some absorbent material and to clean up the area with a hose, there's a lot of blood and other matter that needs to be cleaned up
114: all - righty
EOC: Okay
103 Control
Control 113
113
24 in route
Raleigh Control - 101
EOC: 101
101: Control - I’m clear from the scene I’m going to be in route to the office.
EOC: Copy - 101 at 3:30
113: Control - 113
EOC: 113
113: Control - I’ll be clear from Primrose Lane, but I’ll be out at the office. I’ll be 51 for a little bit
EOC: Copy at 3:32
113: Control - Engine 24 on scene
EOC: Copy at 3:41
To base
unclear
113
113: 113 unit is clear, return to the station
Copy - clear at 4:03