On the morning of August 1, 1966, shots ring out from the observation deck of the clock tower on the University of Texas campus.

It marks the infamous beginning of the modern era of mass shootings in America.

I'm Sarah Ferris, True Crime Podcaster.

And I'm Catherine Schweite, the former head of the FBI's active shooter program.

And you're listening to Stop the Killing. Welcome to Stop the Killing. We have a special guest

that if you are a long time listener of Stop the Killing, you might recognize his sultry tones.

It is Brandon Hall from Music City 911.

And Brandon, you actually joined us back in season three on episode eight.

If the listeners want to go back and hear it, it was a brilliant episode.

It was called 911.

What's your emergency?

But do you just want to give us a little bit of an introduction about, you know, for the listeners,

who you are and how come you've got yourself a lovely podcast as well?

I'm Brandon Hall. I am a current dispatcher with the Metro Nashville Department of Emergency

Communications. And I've started up, Music City 911. I've been doing it for about three years

now. And on the show show I play actual 911 calls

to go over the details of the crime and kind of break down what's the dispatcher's doing and what their

role is during everything. Talking of Nashville, that's what's led us to this little call today

because, you know, Brandon and I were actually side by side at CrimeCon in Las Vegas, which is how

we met. It's crazy to me to think that, you know, these months later, here we are.

And you're sending me a message saying there's been a shooting and I was in the office.

I guess it's called something like the dispatch center, is it?

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