Illegal gunfire reported in butte alley, Butte MT
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Officers responded to illegal gunfire in a Butte alley where several young men were shooting at beer cans with a rifle. One armed man was seen running into a nearby residence.
Audio|Heard on: Butte Silver Bow Police
Listen to dispatch call
01:39
Transcript:
00:00
We got a shot fired in the back.
00:02
Copy.
00:03
One point five.
00:09
Copy. Just back 150.
00:12
We're on scene.
00:13
Copy. Copy.
00:14
A male with a rifle in the back alley.
00:22
He went back in the back door.
00:24
I can't see him now.
00:26
Copy.
00:27
He went in the back of near 517.
00:29
What's greater?
00:34
Satch 116.
00:36
What's the nature of the call that they're off?
00:42
Illegal shooting.
00:47
In other states, there are six possible college boys in shorts that were setting up beer cans in the street and shooting them with what appeared to be a 22.
00:55
Tor do you need more help?
01:01
We can use some more help.
01:03
Found cans with bullet holes and a shell casing out front.
01:06
While we were here, heard a shot come from the alleyway.
01:09
Came back to the alleyway, there was a male with a rifle.
01:13
I didn't, out of a gunpoint briefly, identified ourselves, but he just ran back into the back door.
01:20
Hopping phase one hold perennial.
01:22
Yep, they're just as soon as they can.
01:28
Copy, 128,
01:30
2750, you guys want to hold the front,
01:33
136 and out, hold the back.
01:36
Eyes on the front and the west side of the residence.
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Location mentioned:
Silver Bow County, Butte, MT
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