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Man fires gun in air running down alley in StauntonStaunton VA

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Staunton, VA 24401

A man was seen running down an alley between Loudon and King Streets in Staunton, firing a gun into the air. Police officers located and stopped the individual in front of the Wayne Hills Pre-K Center and are searching the area for the weapon.

Audio|Source: Staunton Area Public Safety
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Transcript:
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I think at this point we're just trying to locate where it actually occurred and if anything was hit.
00:06
If you guys want to go to speak to (name withheld).
00:10
(Name withheld) is over by Wayne Hills.
00:13
Use some of your interview techniques and see if (name withheld) will talk to you.
00:22
Tenforth.
00:23
What's his location? Is he at the school?
00:27
They've got (name withheld) stopped on the sidewalk there right in front of the Wayne Hills Pre-K Center.
00:34
We're right.
00:35
Okay.
00:40
Okay.
00:45
Go ahead. All right.
00:49
Okay, so (name withheld) is under control.
00:51
Point will be attaining.
01:08
We'll have any follow-up and reference to it.
01:13
91.
01:17
91.
01:20
Here's Maymarshage is right in control.
01:22
Waynesburg is a standing forefacer and diesel.
01:24
W. Hold on 8909, watch for our turn, mountaintop.
01:31
She's direct 1830.
01:38
253 to units out over by the schools.
01:42
Can you give me a physical description, not clothing, but a physical description of that male?
01:53
256.
01:56
Can you repeat to speak up?
01:59
6-1-250.
02:02
Yeah.
02:04
What about hair description?
02:06
Brown curly.
02:09
Is it short or long?
02:16
Alright,
02:18
I'm gonna give 150 a call.
02:25
We know that (name withheld) came up loud and took a left on the gum and was still wearing his hoodie at that point, so that might give us a little bit better area to look.
02:39
3-0191, did they say that putty had anything on it or if it was just plain black? They got us in the area.
02:51
Witness said that male that you guys are out with over there shooting a gun, she's trying to guide us into the area where it occurred, and we're trying to locate that gun.
03:24
Another twenty second along.
03:37
We're out.
03:39
We're out to Augusta Hills.
03:44
Section around to Augusta, 1835.
03:52
Involve by chance.
03:54
No,
03:59
it just could be the individual on the bird.
04:02
The witness we just spoke to says that she watched from her back door him running down the alley between Loudon and King shooting up in the air.
04:15
Okay.
04:21
Two, two ninety-eight.
04:30
Can you ask Isaiah if he is right-handed?
04:36
Yes, same on.
04:38
Goet.
04:43
Good.
04:46
Where did you post?
04:54
Or had my car park.
05:01
Check that area at all for that...
05:07
Not on foot, I could not see anything from my vehicle.

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