Posted: 911 transcripts of Martin Treptow shooting incident

Andrew Rothman · **Posted:** Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:19 am

You can read the 911 transcripts here:

http://madfi.org/post/treptow22.html

If you wish, you can view the original PDF at
http://madfi.org/post/treptow_911.pdf

Note that every incidence of "he," "his" or "him" or any identification of the injured police officer have been redacted with #####.

My thanks to Anoka County Central Communications (the 911 dispatch center) for their pretty quick turnaround of my request.

Here's the transcript, translated to HTML. There may be slight formatting weirdness, but it's complete:

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ANOKA COUNTY CENTRAL
COMMUNICATIONS 
325 East Main Street, Anoka MN 55303 
Office (763) 323-5820 Fax 763-422-7504 
Incident Number: 07129766 - June 7, 2007 Highway 10/Foley Blvd NW,
Coon Rapids 
Page 1 of 8 

1st Call Received at 14:36:37 
911 - Police and Fire. 
Female Caller - I need, I need a, I need a, on Highway 10. 
Male Caller in background - No we're not. 
Female Caller - Oh, oh, we're. 
911 - Highway, Highway 10 and what? 

Female Caller - We're cross, we're on the bridge crossing Highway
10. 
911 - Highway 10 and what? 
Female Caller - Foley Boulevard. Some ######### just pulled a gun
on us and my hus. 
911 - Okay, Highway 10 and Foley Boulevard? 
Female Caller - Oh, oh, where are we? 
911 - Ma'am, ma'am, can you hear me? 

Female Caller - First and Foley Boulevard. 
911 - Okay Highway 10 and Foley Boulevard. 
Female Caller - Yes, I, I , I think #### might be behind us. ####
pulled a gun on us. 
911 - Okay, where is #### now? 
Female Caller - (inaudible) shot at #### in self defense. I can't
hear out of my right ear. 
911 - Okay, #### shot you or no? 

Female Caller - I just can't hear out of my right ear. We've got
kids in the car. I got a five 
month old and a, a six year old. Oh, I can't hear! 
Male Caller in background - Tori, it's okay honey. 
Female Caller - Oh my god! 
911 - Ma'am, were you shot? 
Female Caller - No. I don't think so, no but I can't hear out of
my ear! 

911 - Okay, was someone else shot? 
Female Caller - I don't know. We drove away, because #### starting
coming. 
911 - Okay, where, where are you now? 
Female Caller - I can't talk. 
911 - Can you put someone else on the phone? 
Male Caller - Pardon me? 

911 - Can you hear me sir? 
Male Caller - Yes. 
911 - Where are you now? 
Male Caller - I'm at the Holiday Gas Station off of Foley and
101st. 
911 - Okay, who was shot? 
Male Caller - Nobody was shot. 

911 - Okay. 
Male Caller - I, I, I shot back, I shot at #### because ####
pulled a gun on my wife 
(inaudible). 
911 - So you shot your gun? 
ANOKA COUNTY CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS 
325 East Main Street, Anoka MN 55303 
Office (763) 323-5820 Fax 763-422-7504 

Incident Number: 07129766 - June 7, 2007 Highway 10/Foley Blvd NW,
Coon Rapids 
Page 2 of 8 
Male Caller - My gun and I don't think I hit ####. I shot ####
car. 
911 - Okay, who did you shoot at? 
Male Caller - The, the, a ############### with a gun. Before ####
pulled a gun out on us 
next to us. #### pointed it at my wife. 
911 - Okay. 

Male Caller - #### was (inaudible) from the car. 
911 - Okay, where, where did the vehicle go that was shot? 
Male Caller - I don't know. 
911 - Okay, can you describe the vehicle for me? 
Male Caller - It was a ##########. I believe it was a, a
##############. 
911 - Okay and it was a ########## driver? 

Male Caller - #######################. 
Female Caller in background - #### had a white shirt on. 
911 - Which way did they go? 
Male Caller - #### could have pulled right on Foley Boulevard or
#### could have turned 
around. I don't know. I, I, I went over the, I went over the a, the
bridge. 
911 - Okay, okay, do you know how many people were in that other
car? 

Male Caller - Just ####. 
911 - Just ####? Okay. 
Male Caller - Yea, just ####. 
Female Caller in the background - I need to see if my kids are
okay. 
911 - Okay, was it, was it ########## that was shot? 
Male Caller - No. 

911 - Okay, was a, it was a #### that pulled a gun on you? 
Male Caller - I don't know if I shot #### or not. 
911 - Okay. 
Male Caller - I shot my mirror, the passenger mirror of my
car. 
911 - Okay. 
Male Caller - Um, but I don't know if, if, if #### was shot or
not. 

911 - Okay. 
Male Caller - I don't believe so, but I just, I just don't
know. 
911 - Okay, did you see #### pull a gun? 
Male Caller - Yes, we saw the gun. #### was pointing the gun at my
wife. #### had it out the 
window, like maybe a foot from our car. 
911 - Okay, what, what is your name sir? 

Male Caller - Martin Treptow. 
911 - Spell your last name for me. 
Male Caller - T-R-E-P-T-O-W. 
911 - Okay, was it a, is it a road rage incident, is that what
happened? 
ANOKA COUNTY CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS 
325 East Main Street, Anoka MN 55303 
Office (763) 323-5820 Fax 763-422-7504 

Incident Number: 07129766 - June 7, 2007 Highway 10/Foley Blvd NW,
Coon Rapids 
Page 3 of 8 
Male Caller - #### tried to, #### tried to pass us on the shoulder
and I honked at ####. 
911 - Okay. 
Male Caller - Then #### pulled up, because I was stopped behind a
car that was turning left 
and #### was on the shoulder, #### drove up on the shoulder. 
911 - Okay. 

Male Caller - #### almost hit the side of our car and then after I
honked, #### came up and 
started telling me about how I was causing road rage incidents, this and
that and then we 
turned and I don't remember the name of that road. 
911 - Okay. 
Male Caller - Until we turned left onto, oh I just don't know the
name of that road. 
911 - Your now, your now at Holiday though, correct? 
Male Caller - Yea. 

911 - Okay, I want you to stay at Holiday. Can you verify your
cell phone number for me? 
Male Caller - Um, honey, what's the cell phone number? 
911 - Is it ###-####? 
Male Caller - Yea. 
911 - Okay, I want you to stay at Holiday. What kind of vehicle
are you in? 
Male Caller - I'm in a grey Buick Rendezvous. It's a small
SUV. 

911 - A grey Rendezvous? 
Male Caller - Yea. 
911 - Okay, wait right there, we'll be on the way. Is anyone in
your vehicle hurt? 
Male Caller - No. 
911 - Okay. 
Male Caller - Just my wife's ear. 

911 - Okay. 
Male Caller - It's sore, but that's just from the noise. 
911 - Okay, we're on the way. Thank you very much. 
Male Caller - All right. 
1st Call Ended at 14:40:41 
2nd Call Received at 14:36:45 
911 - Police and Fire. Hello? 

Caller - Yes, I'd like to report a shoot. 
911 - Okay, your cell phone cut out, try again. 
Caller - Um I, I would like to report a shooting. 
911 - Okay, what type of shooting? 
Caller - Um there were two cars in front of us and they were
shooting at each other and there 
is a #### laying in the middle of the road or #### is on the side of the
road and the other guy 

just took off. 
ANOKA COUNTY CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS 
325 East Main Street, Anoka MN 55303 
Office (763) 323-5820 Fax 763-422-7504 
Incident Number: 07129766 - June 7, 2007 Highway 10/Foley Blvd NW,
Coon Rapids 
Page 4 of 8 
911 - Okay, okay. 
Caller - #### has been shot. 

911 - #### has been? 
Caller - Yes. 
911 - Okay, and what's the address where #### at? 
Caller - Um, we're on Highway 10 and Foley, Foley Boulevard, we're
right over by, well I'm in 
front of a house, it's 9858. 
911 - Okay and is this the #### that's laying there? 

Caller - Yes. 
911 - Okay. 
Caller - They are talking to ####. 
911 - Un huh. 
Caller - But we saw the vehicles, they we're arguing before. 
911 - Okay. 

Caller - Oh, we we're right behind them. 
911 - And is it on 10, are you on 10 or Foley? 
Caller - We're on Foley. 
911 - Okay and what, do you have a description of the
vehicles? 
Caller - Um, the #### that was shot, is driving, was driving a
###############. It's, ## fell 
out of the car um, cuz I seen #### pull a gun and I almost crapped in my
pants. 

911 - Okay, what was. Do you have a description of the suspect
vehicle? 
Caller - Yes, it was a grey and I'll ask my husband when he comes
back, what type it was. 
But it was like a SUV. 
911 - Okay, did you get a plate number at all? 
Caller - No I didn't. 
911 - Okay, do you know which direction it took off? 

Caller - Yes, #### came up from Foley, #### took a left at the
stop lights. 
911 - Okay, do you know what, do you know what street? 
Caller - No. 
911 - Okay, so what direction on Foley? 
Caller - Um, left on Foley. 
911 - Oh, okay, so #### came up off of Highway 10 then? 

Caller - Okay, yea that must be it. Ten, oh, I don't know what the
name of that route, wait a 
minute let me look. Okay, oh I hear police coming now. 
911 - Okay, so, so you think #### was coming what direction on
north bound, on Foley? 
Caller - #### was coming from, um there's a theater over
here. 
911 - Okay, was #### going northbound or southbound, do you
know? 
Caller - Um, #### going south. 

911 - Okay, then #### turned, #### took what direction on
ten. 
ANOKA COUNTY CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS 
325 East Main Street, Anoka MN 55303 
Office (763) 323-5820 Fax 763-422-7504 
Incident Number: 07129766 - June 7, 2007 Highway 10/Foley Blvd NW,
Coon Rapids 
Page 5 of 8 
Caller - #### came up to the stop light which was a, which was
Foley. 

911 - Okay. 
Caller - And then #### took a left on Foley. 
911 - So southbound on Foley. 
Caller - Yes. 
911 - Okay, okay, we do have help on the way okay. 
Caller - Okay, Thank you very much. 

911 - You're welcome. 
Caller - Un huh Bye. 
2nd Call Ended at 14:39:23 
3rd Call Received at 14:37:11 
911 - Police and Fire. 
Caller - A yes, an ####### just got shot on 99th and Foley. 
911 - ####### just got what? 

Caller - Shot on 99th and Foley. 
911 - ####### just got shot? 
Caller - Yea, #### laying here on the ground. 
911 - 99th & Foley. 
Caller - Yea. 

911 - Okay are you looking at this now? 
Caller - Yea, I'm right here with ###. 
911 - Okay, what's your name? 
Caller - My name is Tori. #### right here. #### right here. 
911 - Tori? 
Caller - Yes. 

911 - What's your cell phone number Tori? 
Caller - ###-####, area code ###. 
911 - Do you know where the suspect is? 
Caller - No, no, #### just laying here on the ground. Could
somebody come right now? 
911 - We've got help coming. 
Caller - Okay. 

911 - Is there a, are there any sus. Hello? Tori? 
3rd Call Ended at 14:37:58 
4th Call Received at 14:38:10 
911 - Police and Fire, is this an emergency? 
State Patrol - Yes, State with a transfer. ####### down, go ahead
####. 
Caller - ####### down, I've been shot. 
ANOKA COUNTY CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS 

325 East Main Street, Anoka MN 55303 
Office (763) 323-5820 Fax 763-422-7504 
Incident Number: 07129766 - June 7, 2007 Highway 10/Foley Blvd NW,
Coon Rapids 
Page 6 of 8 
911 - Are they on Highway 10? 
Caller - The guy is driving, The guy is been driving a Rendezvous.
He is driving a silver color 
Rendezvous, I don't know the plate. He headed a. 

911 - What a. 
Caller - Down Foley Boulevard. 
911 - What. 
Caller - Taking a left. 
911 - What color Pontiac Rendezvous was it? 
Caller - It's a Rendezvous, a silver colored Rendezvous. Occupied
by a, a white male and a 

white female. 
911 - Okay, which way, which way did they. 
Caller - I was shot, I was shot in the leg. 
911 - Which, which way did they go on Foley? 
Caller - They a, they took a left on Foley. 
911 - So they're going. So, so, so are they going towards the a,
Hanson Boulevard or are 

they going down towards the Coon Rapids Boulevard? 
Caller - Don't touch me man, don't touch me. 
911 - Hello? 
Caller - I was shot in the leg. 
911 - Which way. 
Caller - I was shot in the leg. 

911 - Which way, which way are they going on Foley? 
Caller talking to someone in background - Nope, Nope, no
tourniquet. Okay, okay, they 
went the opposite way. They went towards a, they went towards a. 
911 - Went towards, did they go towards Show Place 16 or did they
go the other way? Hello? 
Hello? Hello? 
Caller talking to responding officers - I've been shot man. 
911 - Hello? 

Caller talking to responding officers - I've been shot man. 
911 - Hello? 
Caller talking to responding officers - Down that way. 
911 to other Dispatchers - I'm getting it as a suspect. 
Caller talking to responding officers - Road rage incident. He
ends up pulling his gun out, I 
pulled my gun out. He shoots. I caught it, caught it in the arm and the
leg. 

4th Call Ended at 14:40:07 
5th Call Received at 14:38:16 
911 - Police and Fire, is this an emergency? 
ANOKA COUNTY CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS 
325 East Main Street, Anoka MN 55303 
Office (763) 323-5820 Fax 763-422-7504 
Incident Number: 07129766 - June 7, 2007 Highway 10/Foley Blvd NW,
Coon Rapids 
Page 7 of 8 

Caller - Yes it is. You better get somebody over to the Showcase
a. 
911 - Showplace. 
Caller - Yes. 
911 - What's going on? 
Caller - There's a #### on the ground and a #### car damn near hit
me. 
911 - Oh, we have help on the way. Stay on the phone ma'am, okay.
Okay, ma'am we do 

have help on the way. Hold on one second please. 
5th Call Placed on Hold at 14:38:40 
5th Call Continued at 14:38:45 
911 - Hi, what can I help you with? 
Caller - Yes, I'm on. There's a ######### on the ground at Foley
and 99th, a I can hear the 
ambulance or police, but. 
911 - Okay, there's a person on the ground. Where? On Foley or on
Highway 10? 

Caller - Um, they're actually on 99th. The cops are pulling up
there right now, but. 
911 - Okay, can you tell me if it is an officer or a person, or a
civilian? 
Caller - The ##################################### and #### looks
civilian. I'd a, I'm 
not sure, but #### in a white t-shirt. Um, #### I, #### didn't look like
#### was injured um 
where #### was in like life threat (inaudible) car or whatever. Damn near
hit my car. 
911 - Okay, are you injured or you involved in the accident part
of it at all? 
Caller - I'm fine. I just don't know what's going on with ####.
Somebody has to get there to 

help ####. 
911 - Okay, well they are already. Did you say you saw an officer
pulling up? 
Caller - One pulled up one way, but the other one. Now there is
another one coming. So I 
just, I didn't know if anybody called. 
911 - Okay, did you see what happened? 
Caller - No, I was coming out of the theater, I just, all of a
sudden I seen this car coming at 
me and I thought oh my God is #### gonna hit me and I just put it in
reverse and thank God 

there was nobody behind me. 
911 - Okay, what's your name ma'am? 
Caller - My name is Jodi. 
911 -J-O-D-I? 
Caller - Yes that's correct. 
911 - Spell your last name Jodi. 

Caller - K-O-L-Q-U-I-S-T. 
911 - Okay, alright, so was as #### coming at you head on? 
Caller - No, it was, it was the car, the car was going backwards
with the doors open. 
911 - Okay, alright. Do you see, can you see anything any
more? 
Caller - No, I, when the police came, I'm, I'm on my way home. I
don't know if they need to 
ANOKA COUNTY CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS 

325 East Main Street, Anoka MN 55303 
Office (763) 323-5820 Fax 763-422-7504 
Incident Number: 07129766 - June 7, 2007 Highway 10/Foley Blvd NW,
Coon Rapids 
Page 8 of 8 
talk to me, I can give you my address. 
911 - Okay, what is, what is your address? 
Caller - My address is ##. 

911 - Un huh. 
Caller - ##############################. 
911 - Okay, alrighty and what's your home phone number Jodi? 
Caller - A #, a ###. 
911 -Un huh. 
Caller - ###. 

911 - Okay. 
Caller -####. 
911 - I'm sorry, ####? 
Caller - No it's a, uh oh, here comes some more cops. Ah, it's
#-###-###-####. 
911 - Okay, okay, I'm gonna have them contact you at home if they
need to speak with you 
okay? 

Caller - Okey dokey. 
911 - Okay, thanks Jodi. 
Caller -Bye, bye. 
911 - Bye. Bye. 
5th Call Ended at 14:40:55