A transcript of the 911 call from Prince’s suburban Minneapolis home has been released by the Police. The call was made by a young man inside the home who didn’t seem to know the address of the home when the 911 dispatcher asked him for it.
Fortunately, another person at the compound eventually gave the correct address to the dispatcher.
The caller first says he has “someone who is unconscious” and then says “the person is dead here” and later, “Yes, it’s Prince.”
Dispatcher: 911, where is your emergency?
Unidentified Male: Hi there, um, what’s the address, here? Yea we need an ambulance right now.
D: OK.
UM: We have someone who is unconscious.
D: OK, what’s the address?
UM: Um, we’re at Prince’s house.
D: OK, does anybody know the address? Is there any mail around that you could look at?
UM: Yea, yea, OK, hold on.
D: OK, your cellphone’s not going to tell me where you’re at, so I need you to find me an address.
UM: Yea, we have um, yea, we have um, so, yea, um, the person is dead here.
D: OK, get me the address please.
UM: OK, OK, I’m working on it.
D: Concentrate on that.
UM: And the people are just distraught.
D: I understand they are distraught, but —
UM: I’m working on it, I’m working on it.
D: OK, do we know how the person died?
UM: I don’t know, I don’t know.
D: OK.
UM: Um, so we’re, we’re in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and we are at the home of Prince.
D: You’re in Minneapolis?
UM: Yea, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
D: You’re sure you are in Minneapolis?
UM: That’s correct.
D: OK, have you found an address yet?
UM: Yea, um, I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry I need, I need the address here?
Unidentified Female: 7801.
Unidentified Male: 7801.
D: 7801 what?
UM: Paisley Park, we are at Paisley Park.
D: You’re at Paisley Park, OK, that’s in Chanhassen. Are you with the person who’s …
UM: Yes, it’s Prince.
D: OK.
UM: The person.
D: OK, stay on the line with me.
UM: OK
(phone ringing)
Ridgeview Ambulance dispatcher: Ambulance, Shirley.
D: Carver with the transfer for Paisley Park Studios, 78.
Ambulance dispatcher: Paisley Park Studios, OK.
D: 7801 Audubon Road.
Ambulance dispatcher: OK.
D: We have a person down, not breathing.
Ambulance dispatcher: Down, not breathing.
D: Yup.
UM: He’s, he’s —
D: We’re going to get everybody, go ahead with the transmittal sir.
(Carver County Dispatcher 2 comes on line)
Ambulance dispatcher: Yea, Kayley, this is Shirley at Ridgeview. You can cancel anybody going to Aubudon, confirmed DOA.
Dispatcher 2: OK, thank you.
Ambulance dispatcher: All right, thanks, bye.
thinks he may have had drug overdose from pain medication or a shot he’s been taking that jolts one back to life.
The Police are investigating the cause of his death and have ruled out foul play.. |