Take a look at what Conrad Malsom had to go through when he attempted to report spotting Ohio highway shootings suspect Charles McCoy Jr. to Las Vegas emergency responders:
Malsom found McCoy’s car Tuesday night in a motel parking lot near the Las Vegas Strip and made more than a dozen calls to 911 in which he was transferred or told to call the department’s non-emergency phone number.
“Most citizens would have gotten fed up and hung up in disgust,” [Sheriff Bill] Young told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. “When citizens want to help us, I don’t want anything in our system to frustrate or deter them.”
On recordings of the calls, a determined Malsom can be heard pleading with operators to send officers to apprehend McCoy.
“This is most important. I’ve been turned down by 911 because this is not life-threatening. I’m parked next to the Ohio beltway murderer. The shooter, the sniper’s car here in Las Vegas,” Malsom said in a call placed at 11:35 p.m. Tuesday.
“Mmm-hmm,” the operator replied.
“Don’t transfer my call, please,” Malsom said.
Good thing McCoy didn’t shoot anyone else while Malsom was trying to reach the police.
I wonder if Malsom, had he been carrying a Concealed Weapon (with appropriate permit, if it’s legal in NV), would have attempted to apprehend the suspect himself?
Resonating some stories
Brian has lots of good stuff. The two I found most interesting were this post on what the tipster in the Ohio sniper case had…