Fireworks mistaken for gunshots near Sonic parking lot

Heard on: Bay County Law Enforcement

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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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Also, signal fifty-two in the area of Sonic (number withheld) Hutchison Boulevard.

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Clean and I see heard nine shots somewhere between that 1020 and Front Beach Road, and heard a vehicle speed away, possibly around the Rock'it Lanes parking lot or club apartment.

00:15

Can you text me my case number and I'll be status.

00:21

Go for it.

00:22

Three 13 . Thirty-seven patch.

00:27

Thirty-seven.

00:28

Nine twenty-six, 900 and twenty-seven.

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Nine hundred and twenty-seven.

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You can reassign the call to me on 900 and twenty-seven.

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It's not going to be a signal fifty-two.

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It's an elderly couple launching fireworks in the parking lot.

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They've been dispersed.

7/12/2026 01:12 AM

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Hutchison Blvd, Panama City Beach, FL 32407

Fireworks mistaken for gunshots near Sonic parking lot

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, dispatch received a shots-heard report near a fast-food restaurant on Hutchison Boulevard in Panama City Beach, with a caller describing multiple loud bangs and a vehicle speeding away, possibly near a nearby parking lot or apartments. Responding units later determined the noises were from an elderly couple launching fireworks in a parking lot, and they were dispersed without further incident.

Fireworks mistaken for gunshots near Sonic parking lot

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