Crime & Safety
East Austin Patient Not Gunshot Victim After All: EMS (Updated)
Austin-Travis County EMS responded to 2100 block of East 7th Street shortly after 8 p.m. amid reports of victim of gunshot wound.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Medics responded to East Austin Tuesday evening amid reports of a gunshot wound victim only to find the patient was not wounded by gunfire.
Austin-Travis County EMS medics said they received the call shortly after 8 p.m. about the incident along the 2100 block of East 7th St. Medics originally classified the patient as a gunshot victim, but later retracted the report.
The incident, medics later said via Twitter "...is NOT a gunshot wound." Instead, the call was of the non-traumatic medical variety. No further details were given.
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FINAL/UPDATE: Incident at ~2100 E 7th St; this is NOT a Gunshot Wound, responders advising this is a non-traumatic medical call. No further updates anticipated.
— ATCEMS (@ATCEMS) October 31, 2018
#ATCEMSMedics responding to reported Gun Shot Wound ~2100 E 7th St (20:08) More To Follow.
— ATCEMS (@ATCEMS) October 31, 2018
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