Boston Massachusetts today - a prisoner at Mass Eye and Ear Hospital apparently grabbed a guards gun and shot him in the leg - a 2nd guard then shot the prisoner
I was listening to 460.50R - call went out for active shooter at Mass Eye and Ear at 12:00 noon - car says - "thats on District 1" (460.45R) - dispatcher said OK - someone asked if help was needed from 460.50R units - I missed the answer - someone asked for repeat of incident - dispatcher said "active shooter at Mass Eye and Ear ER" I punched in 460.45R into scanner Units are responding - dispatcher says "undercover officers in area" - first officer arrived in 1 minute - he was breaking up inside the bld - quickly reported as "Code 303 - not active shooter - outside agency" - that was at 1201PM Subsequent messages were attempting to determine if any perps were on the loose - "suspect detained and in custody?" - "suspect on the move?" - "suspect on scene in custody" At 1214PM someone announced that there were no additional suspects No one was ever declared as the IC - multi police commanders arrived at the scene and started giving orders Someone reported that they were all set on ambulances at approx 1210 Out of district units were brought into District 1 to run other calls - they were put on Channel 1 (460.35R) - units at the MGH stayed on Ch 2 (460.45R - their normal channel) It might be useful to standardize some terms - "suspect on the loose" - "shooter on the loose" - "shooter possibly at XYZ" - "possible shooter possibly at XYZ" - "friendly shooter at XYZ" - there are many ways for confusion to overwhelm the radio traffic - inprecise jargon does not help The fire alarm system might have activated due to gunsmoke - probably BFD responded also Mass Eye and Ear Security is on 453.2625R IIRC - they might be armed - MGH Security is on 472.8125R IIRC - they are armed IIRC - Middlesex County Sheriff deputys might have portable radios on the State TRS - coordinating 4 police channels at once can be a major headache I am sure -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/massfire. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
