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911 call of man with a gun required a response

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

911 call of man with a gun in an argument with a women required an immediate response, and the officer arrived at the scene finding people matching the description, and that justified action. United States v. Wooden, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 96208 (N.D. Ind. November 28, 2007): This 911 caller reported an emergency situation -- an argument between a man armed with a gun and a woman, which was taking place in a high-crime area of South Bend. Although the caller didn't disclose his name, Officers Reynolds and Gibbons promptly responded, confirmed that there was a pay phone within an area where the caller could have observed the man and woman walking towards the 7-11 Store, and observed a man and a woman matching the description provided by the caller in the area described by the caller...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on February 12, 2008 (boomark / email).