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Vehicle backfire mistaken for gunfire in Ansonia, Ansonia CT

audio iconOther (False Alarm - Gunfire)
Ansonia, CT

Officers confirmed that noises reported as 520 gunshots were actually vehicle backfire sounds from a car's exhaust in Ansonia.

Audio|Source: Ansonia, Derby, Seymour and Shelton Police
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Rod, you back firing? Negative, it's an exhaust.
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If you do get calls for five hundred twenty shots, it's a vehicle, not actual five hundred twenty shots.
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Black BMW heavy tint on division towards Maine.

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