Who Hung Up on 911 Call Before Murder?

The Athens (Tenn.) police chief says that he’s assigned an outside investigator to determine who hung up on a 911 call just before a local businessman was shot and killed–the victim or the dispatcher? Chief Chuck Ziegler says the logging tape appears to support the conclusion that the victim ended the call in the midst of facing down a burglary suspect at his warehouse, and that the dispatcher properly handled the 38-second call. “We are looking into it to make an absolute determination but it appears he hung up the phone because the situation was escalating,” Ziegler said, and the victim couldn’t juggle the phone, a flashlight and a rifle he was holding. Read more about the incident here, then listen to the 911 call here and make up your own mind.