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Man threatened to shoot and gunshot heard near homeless campSarasota FL

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Near Dr Martin Luther King Way, Sarasota, FL 34234

A man threatened to shoot someone and a single gunshot was heard near a homeless encampment behind 1400 Martin Luther King Way in Sarasota, Florida. First responders were instructed to stage while police investigated the incident.

Audio|Source: Sarasota County Fire
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Transcript:
00:00
We have so far only one caller on this.
00:03
They have eyes directly behind this location.
00:08
They heard a male saying he's going to blow their head off and heard one single gunshot.
00:13
Nothing else seen or heard at this time.
00:16
There's a large fence and a compound of homeless people in rear of this location, laws and round.
00:23
Kaki, the response is have units stage and we'll let law investigate.
00:30
S slash copies all units to stage.
00:33
EMS1 coffee off.
00:40
Or is it at the camp that is behind Boren tree off of 42nd?
00:49
Looks like it's going to be behind of the transient camp respond on TAC4[1].
00:58
Six changing back to TAC4[1].
Police codes explained
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[1]
TAC4: Tactical Channel 4 (operations channel)

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Near Dr Martin Luther King Way, Sarasota, FL 34234

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