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A 911 dispatcher may be fired for allegedly mishandling a Buffalo shooting call

A grocery worker whispered into her phone during a 911 call so she wouldn't draw the shooter's attention. She says the dispatcher yelled at her for whispering. The two ended up disconnected.
Photos of people killed in the mass shooting at Tops grocery store in Buffalo, N.Y., are part of a memorial near the store.

A 911 dispatcher who answered a call during the racist Buffalo, N.Y., mass shooting may be fired over how she handled the situation. A gunman entered a Tops grocery

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