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Listen: Emergency calls detail chaos at Navy Yard shooting


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Emergency calls reveal the intense and fluid scene at the Washington Navy Yard after the mass shooting there on Monday left 12 people dead.

After gunshots were heard in Building 197 on the urban base, 9-1-1 calls began flowing in and audio of emergency responders directing their own flooded airwaves. Listen to how the scene unfolded from the perspective of emergency personnel in the video above.