Police release 911 tapes from neighbors' calls on night of Yuma homicide (with audio)

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The 911 tapes released today document the fear felt by neighbors after shots had been fired at 2037 E. La Mesa St. about one week ago.

Yuma Police released the tape of six calls that were made by neighbors who heard the shots fired. The most harrowing call is from a woman who became hysterical when she discovered the body of Luis Rios, in the back yard of the home with multiple gunshot wounds.

While the calls offer a glimpse of the situation, they do not offer any more details than what had already been made public.

The calls are concerning the shooting of Rios, 35, which occurred around 8:30 p.m. June 24.

Later, police would enter the home and find five more murder victims inside: Adrienne Heredia, 30, and her four children, Andreas Crawford, 13, Enrique Bedoya, 12, Inez Newman, 9, and Danny Heredia III, 6.

The woman who found the body initially called and said four of five shots hade been fired on a street over from her home. "And somebody was yelling, Help, help, help,''' the woman said.

The woman became more hysterical when she apparently found the body. The dispatcher asked her "Who got shot, who got shot?"

"I don't know, I don't know," the woman said.

The dispatcher began asking questions about the victim. The caller said he was not moving and was not conscious.

"Get away from him!" the caller said. "Hurry up!"

The woman said the man had been shot four times. The dispatcher asked who shot him? "I don't know," she said. "We heard it."

The dispatcher kept asking the woman to calm down and give some information about the shooter or a vehicle. The caller said she did not know who shot the man, and she did not see a vehicle.

Then the woman can be heard exclaiming, "Don't touch him!"

What sounds like the same woman can be heard on another 911 call, apparently made later. "Some neighbor came right now, and I told him that I called you guys already," the woman said.

The dispatcher said there were officers already at the scene.

Again, the dispatcher asked if the woman had any information about the shooter.

"I have nothing," she said. "I didn't see nothing. I was with my kids. I don't know anything. I just heard the shots. I grabbed my kids, and I came inside and my daughter called you guys."

The woman then told the dispatcher that the family living in the home were new neighbors. She said they had been there for a week to two weeks.

The dispatcher asked if anyone else was hurt. The woman said she didn't know.

The other four calls on the tapes are relatively straightforward. A female caller said four shots were heard. Two others, a male and a female, reported that there were five.

"It was about five (shots)," a woman said. "It sounded like it was in the back yard towards the alley. I couldn't tell you."

Another male caller on the tape said the person who had been shot was a woman. "I was next door," the caller said. "I was just looking through the fence. She's on the ground."

The dispatcher asked if the caller had seen the shooter.

"No," the caller said. "She needs help. She's in the back of the alley."

Police spokesman Clint Norred said the man was speaking about Rios. He simply thought he was a woman.

There are some gaps in the tapes where police apparently removed identifying information of the callers.

Police continue to use a suspect sketch made from information from one witness who saw a man running from the scene.

A vehicle belonging to Rios was located the morning after the shooting in the 600 block of West 21st Street. Police have declined to release information about evidence that may have been located in the vehicle.

Police said the 2000 blue Dodge Durango was taken from the residence the night of the murders.

Jeffrey Gautreaux can be reached at

jgautreaux@yumasun.com or 539-6858.