Here is a transcript of radio conversations among Officer Kathleen Conway, dispatchers and fellow officers Monday night. The transcript begins at 7:42 p.m.
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Conway: Help! Help! I need assistance! I'm shot in the car! Help, I'm shot!
Female Voice: Where do you need it?
Conway: Help! I need help!
Male Voice: 1238 Elm, I believe. 1030 I believe I heard shots fired there.
Conway: Unintelligible screaming.
Female Voice: Location . . . 1212, what's your location?
Male Voice: 1080, we got a location?
Female Voice: Negative...Officer needs assistance, District 1, unknown location . . . 12th and Elm. Officer needs assistance, 12th and Elm. Possibly shots fired.
Male Voice: 1080 35, 12th and Elm, do not see them.
Male Voice: 1240, play the tape back.
Female Voice: 1212, what's your location?
Conway: Distress? I've been involved in a shooting on Central Parkway north of Liberty. I need some help.
Male Voice: 1080, I copy that. Check on her safety.
Female Voice: 1212, are you hurt?
Conway: That's affirmative.
Male Voice: 1080, I'll be there in 5 seconds. Blocking it off with four cars.
Female Voice: Attention all cars, all departments. An officer has been injured. Possible shooting offense at 12th and Central Parkway. Repeating, Cincinnati officer needs assistance at 12th and Central Parkway. A possible shooting offense. The officer reporting she is injured. Approach with caution.
Male Voice: (Unintelligible) . . . She's at Liberty and, uh, Elm. 1240, 1240, no more cars
Female Voice: 1240, are you on the scence?
Male Voice: A . . . crash (unintelligible) let me talk.
Female Voice: Go ahead.
Male Voice: We're at about, uh, just about north of Central Parkway. We've got a couple rescue units. We've got an officer in the car shot. (sirens in the background).
Female Voice: OK, uh, you need to go slower. Where are you?
Male Voice: (Unintelligible) . . . We're at the corner of Central Parkway, just north of . . .
Female Voice: OK, Parkway north of what?
Male Voice: North of West Liberty Street.
Female Voice: You got any other cars with you?
Male Voice: I need a rescue unit. I need a rescue unit!
Female Voice: Attention all cars, all departments. No addtional officers are to respond. Reference the officer shot on Central Parkway just north of Liberty. Repeat: no other units are to respond on the assistance. 1240, 1240 go ahead.
1240: I will take care of it on the scene here. We have the perimeter secure. We need a fire company to expedite.
Female Voice: Fire company is responding . . . other units.
Male Voice: Other units to transmit at this point. I'm also going to need the what-do-you-call-it list?
Female Voice: I need if you can give us a call to know the condition right now also.
Male Voice: I'll give you one in two minutes.
Male Voice: We've got the address right. 1627 Central Parkway. Female Voice: Copy 1627 Central.
Male Voice: Car 15 responding
Female Voice: Car 15 Copy.
Male Voice: 1230
Female Voice: 1230 Copy
Male Voice: 1230
Female Voice: Car 1230
Male Voice: They're on standby. And we have the night chief responding.
Female Voice: The night chief is responding.
Male Voice: Is homicide responding?
Male Voice: I'm notifying now.
Male Voice: OK, so you know who might have done this?
