Border Patrol to 911 Dispatcher, Arizona Rancher George Allan Kelly According to a report citing recently released phone calls from that day, he was “intentionally vague” about what happened leading up to the shooting of a Mexican national found dead on his property.
Nogales International reportedly received several calls this week that ranged in length from less than 30 seconds to nearly eight minutes. A border ranch owned by Kelly and his wife.
in one call, us border patrol The agent told a dispatcher at the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office that Kelly was “intentionally obscured” and said, “What? [Kelly] After checking the property, he said he thought he may have hit something.” A few minutes later, the dispatcher called Kelly directly.
“Please talk to me,” the dispatcher said to Kelly.
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“Yeah, I know I can talk to you,” Kelly reportedly replied.
“You told them you shot something,” said the dispatcher. “What did you shoot?”
“I didn’t shoot, I didn’t say I shot anything,” Kelly replied.
The dispatcher said she needed to know if she was sending agents into dangerous scenarios.
Kelly eventually said she found a dead body on the property and didn’t believe paramedics would be able to help.
“And it’s not alive,” he said. “So they asked me if I needed EMT. I said ‘no.’ I’m sure sooner or later the coroner will be involved.”
A few hours ago, Kelly called Report active shooters to the Border Patrol Ranch Liaison. In a call around 2:45 p.m., a Border Patrol agent claiming to be the Nogales Border Patrol supervisor called the Sheriff’s Office for assistance, but had already questioned Kelly. .
“I’m not really sure if this guy was shot,” the agent said. “Sometimes what happens is that some of our customers walk through his property … I don’t know if he’s crazy or what’s going on.”
“He’s made this call before,” the agent told the dispatcher. “It just ended Aliens on his property. and he says the same thing. I think he’s just trying to get a quicker response. But obviously we have to take it. ”
“[Kelly’s] The final statement was that he thought they were shooting at him and thought he heard gunshots. ” the agent told the dispatcher.
“Okay,” said the dispatcher. “He didn’t shoot back, did he?”
“No,” replied the agent. “At least he didn’t say he did.”
Around 3:00 p.m., a Border Patrol agent called the sheriff’s office and relayed the conversation with Kelly’s wife.
Agents allege Kelly’s wife said she was tracking a group of five who came with ranchers on their property.
“[Kelly] I’m trying to track them down now. He’s chasing them south,” the agent said.
Later that night, Kelly told the sheriff’s office dispatcher in detail about the body that had been found.
“You know the saying, ‘You have the right to remain silent. Can anything I say go against you?'” Kelly asks the dispatcher at one point.
“I don’t admit to what I did,” Kelly added. We only know what we’ve seen, and that’s what ambulances can’t help.”
