Listen to Victim's 911 Call from Cracker Barrel
Kate Allen told dispatcher she didn't know if her husband owned a gun
Here is the 911 call Kate Allen made to Brooklyn police about 8:40 p.m. April 12, moments before her husband shot her and their two daughters.
MARIE HELLER
8:59 am on Saturday, April 14, 2012
Just me, or is that dispatcher just a little bitchy? Hope she feels great knowing she treated that woman like that on her last few seconds on this earth. SHame on her.
Doniell D Rossi
1:31 pm on Tuesday, April 17, 2012
AGREED !!! She was horrible
Darlene Dise
8:53 am on Saturday, April 21, 2012
Its you, This dispatcher remained calm and asked the right questions. Mrs. Allen should never have taken the call on her daughters phone. The point was to get help there ASAP.. No one knew that she had just moments to live.
The bigger question is, if she could see the officers and her husband why didn't they stop this lunatic ?!
tom m
9:50 am on Saturday, April 21, 2012
they have since released the recordings from the squad car which said they saw the guys car driving through the lot and drove around the building as the officer entered the lot and the officer stated when they went to the enterance they found the car empty and thats when they heard the shots ...and darlene you are correct she should have never answered the daughters call (did she somehow tip him off to her 911 call forcing his hand )
Dr. Roseann M. Cyngier
12:28 pm on Saturday, April 14, 2012
This whole episode is a tragedy. Prayers for the little girl who is hopefully recovering. Nothing is ever so bad that one should take to shooting children (or woman).
Beverly
12:28 pm on Saturday, April 14, 2012
This is truly sad and has left me confused, why is it that the cops were there, and he managed to get back into the restaurant with a shotgun? Thoughts and prayers go out to the family.
Richard
2:19 pm on Saturday, April 14, 2012
Why is it that every time I hear a 911 recording of a tragedy, the dispatcher seems like they are brand new to the job? This could have been handled much better. I agree with Marie.
lyn
8:36 pm on Saturday, April 14, 2012
I'm leaning towards disagreeing with you and Marie. When someone is calling 911, it is important for the dispatcher to get as much needed info in as short a time as possible - not to be a sympathetic ear or counselor. I was impressed with how she very concisely relayed the info to the police - did you hear that part?
But, as Beverly has asked, how did he manage to get back in there with a shotgun while the police were there?
tom m
8:12 am on Monday, April 16, 2012
I do not agree with that at all ....this dispatcher had to pry all the information out of the caller also the dispatcher had to keep trying to regain the callers attention ...over and over the dispatcher had to repeat questions only to gain partial answers ....yes the caller was upset and worried ..but to blame the dispatcher is wrong .it took the dispatcher longer to get the weapons status from the caller "he has a pellet gun and stuff" then it took for the police to arrive (the dispatcher had an officer there in less than a minute)
Anne
12:26 pm on Thursday, April 19, 2012
I agree with Lyn and Tom M. I think that the dispatcher did an excellent job. She was doing exactly what she was supposed to do: trying to get the crucial information necessary to identify the man, his car, and the danger level to everyone at the scene. The expediency with which the police got to the scene was amazing.
It sounds like the caller (and therefore the dispatcher) thought the man was still in his car, so the dispatcher's focus was on getting the information necessary to identify his car. I did not sense any disrespect in the dispatcher's voice -- just an attempt to keep the caller focused on giving the information the police needed to identify the man and hopefully stop him.
In a situation like this, every second counts, and the dispatcher has probably gone over it again and again in her mind, trying to see if she could have done anything differently to have prevented the outcome. I think she can rest assured that she did everything within her power to try to prevent what happened.
Colleen weir
6:30 pm on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
I was there that night. No one else should comment. Police officers employees victimms and witnessed can comment you have No Right!
joe simonton
6:40 pm on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
actually this thread is about the 911 dispatcher and does not concern you
lyn
7:16 pm on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Colleen-
Joe is right. Were you also on the 911 call? No. You just want to be part of the news because you were there. It was THAT family's tragedy. But the 911 call has been made public, and the public is free to comment. It is not your tragedy or story. I hate how people try to make it about them. I guess its like a news story, but in this case, we have a "Colleen connection". That was probably your 15 minutes of fame.
We are all entitled to our opinion - that's why there is a comment section here.
Colleen weir
6:37 pm on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
I think you all should get a life of your own. I pray every night for Kayla and her family. Why are you so set on
Making news your entertainment ? Read a novel
joe simonton
6:44 pm on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
please do not come here and lecture
and you did what to protect the 2 innocent children
if you pray every night then pray to be forgiven for standing by and doing NOTHING
lyn
7:21 pm on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Colleen said "Why are you so set on Making news your entertainment ? Read a novel"
Are you not being hypocritical and contradicting yourself? YOU ARE ON HERE!
Cw
12:58 am on Saturday, May 12, 2012
Lyn you are right to say that! I have never commented before and I wrote from emotion. Of course this is not My tragedy and this is certainly not my medium. I just want to ask joe what I could have done differently? I didn't stand there and watch and I did not sit behind my computer and comment.
Cw
1:27 am on Saturday, May 12, 2012
Just keep in mind curious people read comments on a subject close to them. Please don't judge and ridicule that' we are not as hardened as you
lyn
9:39 am on Saturday, May 12, 2012
Cw says "Just keep in mind curious people read comments on a subject close to them."
Exactly! The people you seem to have a problem with who are commenting on this tragedy happen to live in Strongsville, and are concerned about their own. How arrogant and preachy for you to say "I was there that night. No one else should comment. Police officers employees victimms and witnessed can comment you have No Right!"
As to your comment about people being "hardened", you should reread the above comments and see who lashed out at the dispatcher and who lashed out at other posters.