Irby 911 call

WARNING: Please be advised that parts of this call may be disturbing to some listeners. 

Lorretta Pickard, 76, called 911 when she noticed her house, located at 13802 Rockridge Road in Lakeland, was on fire. She told dispatch that her husband, James, was at a ball game and she wasn't able to reach him by phone.

Pickard spent the last 20 minutes of her life on the phone with dispatch as her home burned down around her. She begged for someone to come rescue her and was assured they would. But rescue never came. 

Now, her family wants to know why nobody went inside the house to try to save her life.

The 911 call made after the Polk County Sheriff’s Office says the driver of a pickup truck who struck and injured Larry Schlosser, of Winter Haven, Saturday while he was working on a roadside cleanup crew.

Officials say that within seconds of the deputy arriving on scene, 25-year-old Lindsay Collins suddenly appeared running toward the victim armed with a knife.

An Uber driver shot a Winter Haven man to death early Tuesday morning, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

STORY: http://www.theledger.com/news/20180829/judd-uber-driver-shoots-kills-winter-haven-man-in-classic-stand-your-ground-case 

Audio provided by Polk County Sheriff's Office.

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