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brooklynite

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Fri Feb 16, 2018, 10:36 AM Feb 2018

Police calls reveal frantic search for Florida gunman

Source: CNN

The first 911 call came in at 2:23 p.m. Officers quickly identified him:

Officer: "White male, burgundy shirt, wearing a black hat and either long black pants or shorts. He mixed in with a group of students who were running westbound. ..."
Officer: "I'm being told, advised by the employees that it should be a student: Nikolas Cruz, Nikolas Cruz, who came in on campus with a backpack."


...snip...

Students at the scene provided details to officers:

Officer to dispatch: "I need a suspect's name again -- I'm going to talk to a student who may get a picture."
(Dispatch repeats name)
Officer: "I just talked to a student, I know somebody's looking for a photo. He should be a ginger, red hair with freckles. Always wears a hoodie, was part of the ROTC program. He's about 5 feet 8."
Officer: "I'm being advised by ROTC students that he was kicked out last year. We're still looking for a photo -- he worked at a Dollar Store on Magnolia. Last name spelling is C-R-U-Z."


Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/16/us/florida-police-dispatch-log/index.html
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