A caller from the house where a birthday party shoot-out left three dead Thursday had called 911 earlier to ask for police protection – but the call went to the wrong place.
Someone called 911 at 4:35 p.m. asking for a “lookout” at 1751 Rainbow Circle in Dawnville, Ga.
Dawnville is in Whitfield County, but the call was received in Murray County because the city is close to the county line, Peggy Vick, director of the Murray County 911 Center, said Sunday.
Vick said she has not listened to the tape and doesn’t know who the caller was. She said her office took down the caller’s information and passed in on to Whitfield County law enforcement.
“The call that we received was not on the actual shooting,” she said. “The caller was wanting to put a lookout on, I’m assuming, [alleged shooter David Hartline’s] vehicle.”