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Active Shooter False Alarm Blamed On Misunderstanding

Active Shooter False Alarm Blamed On Misunderstanding

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Acme News ASHEBORO N.C. - For 2 minutes on Tuesday afternoon officers with the Asheboro Police Department thought they were racing towards the call no officer wants to hear, but it all turned out to be a misunderstanding. The afternoon of Tuesday March 22nd officers with the Asheboro Police Department had been on the scene of a shooting on Kemp Blvd where a 19-year-old and two juveniles had been shot for just shy of two hours. At the same time deputies and troopers were out on Vision Drive with a driver who was being arrested for DUI after being chased down by a DMV officer who saw the driver firing a gun into the air while driving down the road. In the midst of all that, at 6:10 pm, a call came into the Randolph County 911 center. A confused caller was reporting a possible acti...