Active shooter barricaded with firearms in Cedar Hill home, Richardson TX
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WeaponsAs discussed during the dispatch call, an active shooter barricaded inside a residence near Sleepy Hollow and Belt Line in Cedar Hill, Texas. Multiple gunshots were fired from an upstairs balcony. Two female victims were evacuated, one with a gunshot wound to the back. Police have established a perimeter and identified the subject (name withheld) who possesses multiple firearms. Negotiations and tactical operations are ongoing.
Audio|Heard on: Dallas TX Law Dispatch Group Calls
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04:34
Transcript:
00:00
Yeah, we're about to see Medics stage just a little bit further down to Sleepy Hollow.
00:04
I have Medics.
00:05
The stage I have Pevelton and Sleepy Hollow right now, but eventually I'm going to be 267, 2148.
00:12
Dispatch has...
00:13
Sleepy Hollow and...
00:18
Copy Sleepy Hollow and Sherwood.
00:21
Mattcalf, over there on the 1-4 corner, just be advised the crossfire if it comes out the front window or the front door.
00:27
If you want, you can push out to the street and take cover behind those cars for the crossfire.
00:32
Hey guys, just again, all the shots have been coming from the top so far.
00:36
Hey, Medcalf, push back to a car take cover.
00:41
3466 to Cedar Hill Scene Commander.
00:43
Can you have sufficient units in the rear? We're trying to get more units to you.
00:47
How many have we got in the back, guys?
00:49
Me and Bargues, two of us.
00:52
Okay.
00:53
Yeah, coming from the south, we need more back there.
00:57
Okay, so if we're on the north side of your containment, how can we get to that other side, guide me in, and I'll get my rookie to you.
01:07
Okay, quick this way is cut back through the neighborhood, back down the bell line, and then come up, belt-wise.
01:13
10-4. We're in route.
01:15
Yeah, I believe there's an alley back there.
01:17
It's not like I'm trying to where the at least is.
01:20
22-74 information.
01:22
Do we have any drones?
01:23
If you don't have a drone tonight, if one of the other years responding does, that would help the team come over to where Sergeant Heron's loud, hey, let's set up.
01:32
Go ahead. We still have him on the phone.
01:34
He's given us instructions.
01:36
He's saying he wants police to block off the street.
01:38
He wants he to investigate the house next door to him.
01:40
He believes they try to rob him and that he was just trying to protect himself.
01:43
He's saying he will come out without a weapon.
01:45
If they get on the Lao Horn and advise, the proceed, it's safe.
01:48
He thought he's not suicidal or a homicide.
01:50
All right, but that's telling we've done all that, and we just need him to come out.
01:55
Dispatch, if y'all direct him out, he needs to come out the front door with his hands in the air.
02:00
No cell phones, no nothing.
02:03
Ritchie, we'll attempt off so we have a drone that's available if y'all need them.
02:06
Send them.
02:08
4248 to CDO.
02:09
You guys need to go-shade dinner.
02:13
You can start one this way, but right now it sounds like dispatch is on the phone with him.
02:18
2148. Jill.
02:20
He's saying he needs to hear the exact words that the scene is safe on the loud hill.
02:25
74, did you copy the right?
02:27
That's then for I'm standing.
02:29
Two more shots fired inside the house.
03:07
2148. Dispatch, see if he'll tell you what he's firing, shot set.
03:10
We're asking him right now.
03:12
We told him we've met his instructions he gave us, and now he's the only do not come towards the house.
03:16
That's why he fired off two more.
03:18
Hey, Parker, you get it with me having my life on that balcony and you only turn it off.
03:22
Okay, so just be advised, your officer over here sitting there, he shot up the front door as well.
03:26
We've got one more shot fired.
03:28
Okay, cover.
03:29
He's shooting out of the house.
03:31
One of the sisters was saying that she believes he's seeing people inside the house, and he shouldn't even just forgot the house.
03:37
Yeah.
03:39
48. What time was Serge notified?
03:45
2148, Parker called out, he's notified them at 2.02.
03:48
If it's been a word, we pushed the button.
03:50
We just told them to take south of the location.
03:53
Okay, I think your staging is going to be Sleepy Hollow in Shenandoah.
03:58
Sleepy Hollow and Shenandoah.
04:03
Hey, whoever's with the sisters, start trying to get away out of the house.
04:08
If they can draw it out for you, that'd be great.
04:12
2148. Go ahead.
04:13
I was telling the phone with him.
04:14
He's convinced he's seeing somebody on that balcony that Crowder was calling out earlier.
04:18
That's where he's shooting.
04:22
2148.
04:23
Go ahead. See a guys, he just hung up on us before he did.
04:26
He said he was going to go make sure it was safe and do his own thing.
04:31
He also said he'll come out in 15 minutes.
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Allegheny Ct A, Richardson, TX 75080
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