{"id":457087,"date":"2022-06-03T05:24:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T02:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/911-dispatcher-fired-after-allegedly-hanging-up-on-tops-worker-during-buffalo-massacre\/"},"modified":"2022-06-03T05:24:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T02:24:00","slug":"911-dispatcher-fired-after-allegedly-hanging-up-on-tops-worker-during-buffalo-massacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/911-dispatcher-fired-after-allegedly-hanging-up-on-tops-worker-during-buffalo-massacre\/","title":{"rendered":"#911 dispatcher fired after allegedly hanging up on Tops worker during Buffalo massacre"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4024d0b1652\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4024d0b1652\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/911-dispatcher-fired-after-allegedly-hanging-up-on-tops-worker-during-buffalo-massacre\/#%E2%80%9C911_dispatcher_fired_after_allegedly_hanging_up_on_Tops_worker_during_Buffalo_massacre%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;911 dispatcher fired after allegedly hanging up on Tops worker during Buffalo massacre&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C911_dispatcher_fired_after_allegedly_hanging_up_on_Tops_worker_during_Buffalo_massacre%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;911 dispatcher fired after allegedly hanging up on Tops worker during Buffalo massacre&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Erie County 911 dispatcher accused of hanging up on a Buffalo Tops Friendly Markets worker during last month\u2019s mass shooting at the store has been fired, officials said. <\/p>\n<p>The unidentified dispatcher had previously been placed on administrative leave for allegedly dropping the woman\u2019s call as self-proclaimed white supremacist Payton Gendron, 18, allegedly murdered 10 Black people in a hate-fueled rampage at the supermarket on May 14. <\/p>\n<p>County officials had confirmed the incident and promised \u201cim<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te action.\u201d Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz called the woman\u2019s response to the emergency \u201cin<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriate\u201d and \u201cunacceptable,\u201d and pledged to terminate her.<\/p>\n<p>Latisha Rogers, an assistant manager at the supermarket, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wgrz.com\/article\/news\/special-reports\/buffalo-mass-shooting\/the-911-dispatcher-who-allegedly-hung-up-on-the-woman-inside-tops-during-mass-shooting-is-on-leave-buffalo\/71-7513dbb6-735a-41a7-86bd-c733e1135276\">told WGRZ<\/a> she called 911 to report shots fired at the crowded supermarket when the dispatcher yelled at her over the phone before abruptly hanging up on her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI tried to call 911, and I was whispering because I could hear him close by,\u201d Rogers told the outlet. \u201cAnd when I whispered on the phone to 911, the dispatcher started yelling at me, saying, \u2018Why are you whispering? You don\u2019t have to whisper.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/buffalo-shooting-899.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Tops supermarket\" class=\"wp-image-22517288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/buffalo-shooting-899.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/buffalo-shooting-899.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/buffalo-shooting-899.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Ten people were killed during the shooting at a Tops supermarket.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Los Angeles Times via Getty Imag<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The dispatcher seemed unaware that Gendron was already inside the grocery store.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I\u2019m trying to tell her, like, \u2018Ma\u2019am, he\u2019s in the store, he\u2019s shooting, it\u2019s an active shooter, I\u2019m scared for my life,\u2019\u201d she continued. \u201cAnd she said something crazy to me and then she hung up in my face.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rogers said she then called her boyfriend and told him to call 911.<\/p>\n<p>April Baskin, Chairwoman of the Erie County Legislature, told WIVB \u201cit is obvious that that call was not handled in a professional way.\u201d She said that the dispatcher\u2019s full record was considered during the hearing in which she was fired.<\/p>\n<p>Baskin and other county leaders said they plan a deeper investigation into the department after a similar incident occurred last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to ask for further investigations into the full department because this happened more than once in the matter of two weeks on Buffalo\u2019s East Side,\u201d Baskin said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/buffalo-shooting-901.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Payton Gendron\" class=\"wp-image-22517286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/buffalo-shooting-901.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/buffalo-shooting-901.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/buffalo-shooting-901.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Payton Gendron pleaded not guilty on Thursday.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During a birthday party for a surviving victim of the Tops shooting, a 911 call from the party to report that a woman had gone into cardiac arrest was dropped by a medical emergency dispatcher, according to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wivb.com\/news\/buffalo-supermarket-mass-shooting-tops\/dispatcher-accused-of-hanging-up-on-tops-call-fired\/\">WIVB<\/a>. That dispatcher has since been fired.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have asked and Legislator [Howard] Johnson have asked for an investigation not just into that particular call taker and the ongoings of that call, but the entire department and identifying how many disconnections are happening,\u201d Baskin said.<\/p>\n<p>Recordings or transcripts of the Tops 911 call have not been released.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers has worked at the Buffalo location for three years as part of a 13-year career with Tops Friendly Market, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/news\/local\/tops-employee-i-just-keep-hearing-gunshots-and-just-seeing-the-bodies\/article_994259ec-d466-11ec-9ca9-6f1d97bedb40.html\">the Buffalo News reported<\/a>. She said she doesn\u2019t think she\u2019ll be able to return to work at the supermarket \u2014 which has remained closed since the shooting \u2014 after living through such a \u201ctraumatic experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Gendron appeared in court in Buffalo for a brief hearing on Thursday during which he pleaded not guilty to a new charge of domestic terrorism.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the attack he was charged with murder, however on Wednesday a new indictment expanded the charges to a total of 10 counts of first-degree murder, 10 counts of second-degree murder as a hate crime, a domestic terrorism charge and three counts of attempted murder as a hate crime.<\/p>\n<p>He is scheduled to appear in court next on July 7.<\/p>\n<p>Gendron allegedly drove more than 200 miles from his hometown in Conklin, New York to Tops with an AR-15-style assault rifle and body armor with the intent to kill. He chose the Buffalo supermarket due to its location in a predominantly Black neighborhood, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Before he opened fire, he posted documents online that revealed his white supremacist views and said he had been planning the attack for months. He said he was radicalized while bored at home during the pandemic. <\/p>\n<p>He was taken into custody after the mass shooting and is being held without bail.<\/p>\n<p>Those killed were between the ages of 32 to 86. Three others were wounded.<\/p>\n<p><em>With Post Wires<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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