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Person wets woods as another fires shotgun nearbyMchenry County IL

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IL-173 & Crowley Rd, Alden Township, IL 60033

A caller reported hiding in woods near Crowley Road and Route 173 in Harvard. They said someone is firing a shotgun nearby, possibly aiming at them. The shooter arrived on an all-terrain vehicle. The caller heard multiple shots and is lying on the ground, afraid to move because the shooter might not know they are there.

Audio|Source: McHenry County Sheriff
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Transcript:
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Citiated 5 from County County County County, a shot hired in Harvard.
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More than Montgomery Hill.
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Narrative Crowley Road and 173, Crowley and 173 in Harvard. We have a caller non-emergency whispering, says that he's in the woods on the north side of the road, in between 173 and 14, advising that a subject is shooting inside the woods and thinks that that subject might be shooting at him.
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About 100 yards into the odds up a hill.
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Since he's shooting a shotgun and he's so close to him that he can hear him racking the rounds. We're still collecting further.
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Ten-four.
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Johnny David, for all break, give me around to that.
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Four, ten-four.
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Seventy-o-nine.
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I mean, around.
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Crystal Lake.
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509, ten-four.
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Five-on-nine, from seven, you want me to respond?
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I want you to start that one.
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Ten-four.
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All right copies.
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In Harvard, the subject drove an ATV there that is about 10 yards off the road into a field on the north side of the roadway.
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Harvard, our caller Matthew has heard five total shots. The last one was around five minutes ago.
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He's currently laying down on the ground in the woods.
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Leigh to run out into the roadway so I can locate him.
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We can try. He did make mention that the person with the shotgun comes very close to him, but we can ask him.
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Three.
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My partner disconnected with a caller, advised him to call 911 so we can get a better location.
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He let my partner know that he does not feel comfortable running out to the roadway. He doesn't think that the subject with the gun knows that he's there.

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IL-173 & Crowley Rd, Alden Township, IL 60033
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