Report of gunshots near Locust Ave hill area

Heard on: Cortland County Public Safety

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

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Can both of your oncoming cars check Locust Ave.

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Top of the hill area.

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Subject on Clinton in the city reporting multiple gunshots, possibly

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hunting rifles being test fired.

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Not sure. Heard six shots about zero 2 min ago.

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Locust Ave in the area at the top of the hill.

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Yeah, we're out.

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I have a string of it.

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Hold on just a 2nd .

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Great, Cortland trooper, I'll be back in here.

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I can point that way until he's in a car.

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Where is he?

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Two one Cortland, did we have a possible address or did they just say it was out though?

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In that general area, the caller was across from Cortland Park Rehab, the nursing home down there in the valley.

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So it was up behind him on the hill where somewhere.

2026-09-27 21:13 UTC

Weapons

Locust Ave, Cortland, NY

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, officers were sent to check a report of about six gunshots heard near Locust Avenue and the top of the hill behind a nursing home in Cortland. The caller said the shots may have been hunting rifles being test-fired, but the exact location was uncertain.