Woman found on porch with reported gunshot wound to the head

Heard on: Macoupin and Montgomery Counties Public Safety Dispatch

01:30

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

Attention Gillespie Benld, there a ambulance.

00:02

Gillespie Bunnell, there a ambulance.

00:03

You're being requested at (number withheld) West Central.

00:06

(number withheld) West Central, Bunnell, for a female laying on her porch, blood coming out of her head.

00:12

Caller advised gunshot wound to the head.

00:14

Female, 1079.

00:24

Attention Gillespie Benld Ambulance, Gillespie Benld Ambulance, you're being requested at (number withheld) West Central.

00:31

(number withheld) West Central.

00:33

Van Elderry, female, on her porch, gunshot wound to the head.

00:37

Time of page 643, Macoupin County 911 clear.

00:49

Caller was transferred to Gillespie.

00:58

Fifteen, go ahead.

01:01

Acknowledged and roger.

01:02

Just a 2nd .

01:04

Is this a 1079 ? That's affirmative.

01:12

Fifteen, go

01:18

ahead.

01:20

You show the rock.

01:23

Ten four. I did request Gillespie let us know when the scene is secure.

01:30

That's affirmative.

7/20/2026 04:43 AM

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W Central St, Benld, IL 62009

Woman found on porch with reported gunshot wound to the head

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Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews were dispatched to the West Central area in Benld for a report of a woman lying on a porch with blood coming from her head. Radio traffic relayed that the caller reported a gunshot wound to the head, and units indicated they were waiting for the scene to be secured.

Woman found on porch with reported gunshot wound to the head

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I pray that she landed quickly in to the arms of the angels 🙏

This is getting bad the little town of Benld💔😞💐🙏🏽put the pew pew's down !!