Accident or suicide? 911 call gives different versions of shooting | Forensic Files

this a z one okay you need to stop screaming so I can hear you I need me oh my God oh
my God oh my God the guy went on in the house my boyfriend just died he he's bu he needs an ambulance I want
one Qui 911 hey ma'am listen to me I need you to calm down so I can understand what's going on what's wrong
with your boyfriend what what is wrong with your boyfriend what all right you need to
come listen to me right away Hey listen to me I understand that you're stop screaming so I can
understand you and send you help what's going on calm down for me take a deep breath and calm
down what's going on hurry H listen to me listen to me I'm going to transfer the paramedics they're
going to give you CPR instructions okay don't hang up listen to me I'm going to transer you don't hang up baby
[Music] bab oh my God no no oh my baby fire department a transer God baby baby oh my God I don't
know what to do I don't okay exactly what happened all right just get somebody here quick he was shot in the
head with a gun oh my God help come quick help help help oh [ __ ] okay I'm sending the paramedic to
you now right away right away please please please okay how old is he oh 46 come quick hey hey hold on just a second
did he shoot himself I don't know what to doing he listen to me did he shoot himself yes or
no no no it was like OT self defense thing and then it was an accident it was an accident did you have
the gun I did but it was ancient okay I understand it's an accident where's the gun now and the floor my bedroom okay
where are you in my bedroom with him we're going to get the police and paramedics on the way okay what's your
name Karen Kelly come on please quick what's his name baby baby ma'am I need you to listen to me
the paramedics are responding is he awake right now I don't know no no he's not he's not awake he's not responding
he's all covered in blood hurry okay the param the paramedics are on their way and they resp emergency is he
breathing I don't know are you I didn't even tell baby no he's not responding at
all okay ising now come on baby come on baby stay with me come on hoodie come on
oh my God we're going to check his Airway okay I need you to get his close to him with
the phone as you can okay okay I got to put him flat put him flat down is he laying Karen Karen Karen the police are
there I need you to go to the front door make sure that you they see your hands listen to me make sure that they see
your hands that they know that you don't have a gun in your hand have a gun go to
the front door I need you to open it slowly so that they see that you don't have a gun come right in I don't care
Karen get up and go to the front door no I already opened it they're not there okay
open the front door and slowly walk out make sure your hands aren't where they can see them okay they're it's open
they're not there okay hold on come here just wait just wait at the front door listen I'm telling you he has got a
gun shot to my head we had the police and paramedics you need to listen to my instructions okay are you still at the
front door okay I need you to go through the front door and step all the way out so they can see
you make sure that you don't have anything in your hands other than your cell phone
[Applause] God okay okay here there okay listen to the officer's instructions and hang up with
me okay come to my house come here over here my God they're right on the front of my house and that
com anything there standing in front of my house okay I had to leave my boyfriend everything no stay right there
the hurry you have to hurry you can save him I cannot come there he's about to die come here oh my God K go to them
listen to their instructions you need to go listen to them no no listen he's about to die right here go to the
officer so they can help him oh no no they're like they're like say baby he's beding at us oh my God
he's bleeding oh come on he put a g to his head and he goes just let me do it he was joking but boom
it went off I go how don't do that that's stupid and why are you coming look at him look look
at wait I he's my boyfriend help him

In her call to 911 on July 27, 2011, Caryn Kelley first tells the operator a shooting at her Orlando home was an accident and then says Phillip Peatross actually put the gun to his head.

Brief Summary

A woman frantically calls 911 after her boyfriend accidentally shoots himself in the head.

Key points

Emergency Call. A frantic call reveals a boyfriend has been shot, escalating the urgency for help.
Desperate Instructions. The operator guides the caller through life-saving measures as time runs out.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

Oh my God, the guy went on in the house!

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Tension

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