Daily News | Philly Police are investigating a bungled 911 response the day before the Kingessing mass shooting
Philadelphia Police have opened an internal investigation into why officers were dispatched to the wrong address on July 2 after a woman called 911 to report hearing gunfire at a house in Kingsessing — a mistake that authorities say occurred nearly two days before the same gunman returned to the same street and fired the same assault rifle inCommissioner Danielle Outlaw, speaking at an afternoon news conference, said police received one 911 call on July 2 around 2 a.m.
Carriker was arrested not long after the shooting spree on July 3 and told police he had taken actionaddress the city’s gun violence crisis, sources have told The Inquirer. He is jailed on charges including five counts of murder. Vanore said investigators didn’t have any indication that Wamah and Carriker knew each other. Police and prosecutors declined to comment further, saying Carriker’s motive was one of the many aspects of the case still under investigation.
“Police!” she heard the man yell. “Sheriff!” Then he charged into the house, she said, and began shooting again. About five minutes later, officers followed up on the address, saying there was no door open and that a resident on the block said they didn’t hear any shots. But the dispatcher had no more information to share, saying: “The caller hung up and she doesn’t want to be involved.”
Outlaw said whatever happened, police would seek to make any improvements necessary to try to prevent such mistakes from happening again.
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