Children on school bus make false kidnapping calls, Hannibal MO


Children on a school bus near Mark Twain Ave repeatedly made false 911 calls claiming a kidnapping and threats to shoot someone. They were heard laughing during the calls.
Audio|Source: West Central IL and North East Mo Counties Public Safety
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Transcript:
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If you could keep an eye out for a, I believe it's probably going to be a school bus.
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We've had numerous 911 calls from a deactivated cell phone.
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It's obviously children on a school bus that's just turned off of 72 eastbound onto Mark Twain Avenue.
00:18
It's plotting like they're passing Hebrews now.
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Copy, I'm going by happy saying I should see me here momentarily.
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Received.
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We've had seven calls and another one just now.
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Go ahead for 27, Tim.
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Disregard.
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To see, they're saying that someone was kidnapped and then some, another juvenile in the background, laughing, saying that they're going to kill someone.
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Location mentioned:
Mark Twain Ave, Hannibal, MO 63401
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