Person injured while fleeing near Chestnut St in Reading, Reading PA

Weapons

Reported: 11/1/2025 04:42 PM

Near Chestnut St, Reading, PA 19602

A person was reported down near Chestnut Street in Reading. Initial calls indicated shots fired and that the person may have been armed and fled the scene. Later information confirmed that the person suffered a traumatic injury while fleeing, not from a shooting.

Audio|Source: Berks County Fire and EMS - Digital

02:24

Transcript:

00:00

I'm going to be able to the rear of near Chestnut Street, a shooting,

00:16

1942.

00:21

Squad 600 in route.

00:28

A medic one in squad 600.

00:30

A couple of calls on reported shots fired[1] in the area.

00:33

They're saying there's one mailed down to the rear of the property.

00:37

After it's fleeing one foot but the patient also is armed as well.

00:42

Okay,

00:43

we're all going to be staging at Pullman Franklin.

00:47

Okay, here's you. PD's pointed out now.

00:55

Car9 already, I acknowledge it upstation.

00:59

Okay, car nine.

01:04

It's corn six five zero.

01:07

Go on six five zero.

01:10

Can you put me on the, uh,

01:13

when you would call, please?

01:19

Affirmative. Do you want to be placed at the hospital with medic 6.521?

01:25

I, negative. I thought they were on location yet. I just got a text from someone.

01:32

Negative. We're showing them at the hospital yet.

01:37

Okay. Disregard then.

01:39

Racy.

01:45

We need an angel one.

01:49

Go ahead.

01:51

Just double-trap, you were responding to Caging.

01:55

Yes, my apologies.

01:57

We were with that at the whole time.

02:00

Okay, see.

02:06

Nine to all units, come in.

02:08

Come in on Locust Street.

02:15

It's not a shooting.

02:17

We have a traumatic injury while you're fleeing.

02:22

Okay, you said you're on Lemon Street then.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

shots fired: Report of gunshots discharged

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Near Chestnut St, Reading, PA 19602

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