KETV obtains 911 records of Lincoln officer-involved shooting
Updated: 10:28 PM CST Dec 3, 2015
KETV NewsWatch 7 has obtained the 911 recordings from Sunday night's officer-involved shooting in Lincoln.
KETV NewsWatch 7 has obtained the 911 recordings from Sunday night's officer-involved shooting in Lincoln.Sgt. Bradley Junker and officers Angela Morehouse and Matthew Gilleland had been trying to arrest Zachary Grigbsy in front of a Lincoln home.Police said Grigsby fought back, pulled a gun and started shooting."We're coming code 3! Officer down! Officers down! They've been hit, one party's down!" the recording says."We've got parties inside! We need whatever you got!" the recording continues."I've got lots of help coming to you from the other teams, also," the dispatcher responds.Three minutes pass in the recording."I'm going to take him to the hospital," one officer says. "I have an officer with me, we're not waiting for medical. I'm going take one straight to St. E's."Gilleland had been shot and was rushed to St. Elizabeth hospital. He survived.Within moments, paramedics arrived to help the second officer, Morehouse."What's the condition of that one?" the dispatcher asks."We're checking her out now," the paramedic says. "She's not sure she's hit. We're looking."As medics worked fast, so did police, to secure the initial scene."I know there are people inside," the responding officer said. "I don't know if we have other weapons involved. We do have a party that came out, fired weapons at us. I'm pretty sure that party's been neutralized, but we're just going to stand down, hold the house."Grigsby died. He was shot by two of the officers.The dispatchers also described two people inside a house who came out, unarmed within minutes.KETV NewsWatch 7 has confirmed that police questioned several people Sunday night and released them. Both of the officers are out of the hospital and all three are on paid administrative leave, which is procedure.
LINCOLN, Neb. —
Sgt. Bradley Junker and officers Angela Morehouse and Matthew Gilleland had been trying to arrest Zachary Grigbsy in front of a Lincoln home.
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Police said Grigsby fought back, pulled a gun and started shooting.
"We're coming code 3! Officer down! Officers down! They've been hit, one party's down!" the recording says.
"We've got parties inside! We need whatever you got!" the recording continues.
"I've got lots of help coming to you from the other teams, also," the dispatcher responds.
Three minutes pass in the recording.
"I'm going to take him to the hospital," one officer says. "I have an officer with me, we're not waiting for medical. I'm going take one straight to St. E's."
Gilleland had been shot and was rushed to St. Elizabeth hospital. He survived.
Within moments, paramedics arrived to help the second officer, Morehouse.
"What's the condition of that one?" the dispatcher asks.
"We're checking her out now," the paramedic says. "She's not sure she's hit. We're looking."
As medics worked fast, so did police, to secure the initial scene.
"I know there are people inside," the responding officer said. "I don't know if we have other weapons involved. We do have a party that came out, fired weapons at us. I'm pretty sure that party's been neutralized, but we're just going to stand down, hold the house."
Grigsby died. He was shot by two of the officers.
The dispatchers also described two people inside a house who came out, unarmed within minutes.
KETV NewsWatch 7 has confirmed that police questioned several people Sunday night and released them. Both of the officers are out of the hospital and all three are on paid administrative leave, which is procedure.