NEWTON, Kan. — It’s been two weeks since the shootings at the Excel plant in Hesston. The Harvey County Sheriff’s Office released some of the 911 calls Thursday.
The two calls coming from callers at the plant as it was happening. The first is from man in the front office.
(audio) Excel 911 call A.
Then another call came in to a different dispatcher, this time the caller was upstairs in the plant.
(audio) Excel 911 call B.
These are just two on many that we received and some were also of the initial reports of shots fired in the city of Newton.
Because these may be traumatic for some to hear, here are some numbers if someone needs assistance.
The EMPAC number for Excel employees is – 800-234-0630.
Prairie View regular hours for citizens line is the 800-992-6292.
Prairie View’s Crisis Line for immediate mental health crisis is the
800-362-0180.
the shooter as we now know was Cedric Ford. Four people, including Ford, were killed and 14 others were injured.
Take note of how calm and professional the dispatchers were during these calls. That’s true of dispatchers everywhere who are trained to keep the emotions in check.